Branding and the non-conventional masters degree

[InNae]

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I had no idea that there was a "masters of applied positive psychology", nor that it might cost so much money and so little face-to-face time to get such a thing:

http://chronicle.com/article/The-Brave-New-World-of-College/138107/

The above is an opinion piece that mainly focuses on the rationale behind "branding" of potentially useless degrees and non-credit-granting courses by prestigious institutions.

Thoughts?

 

[JeyRo]

I had no idea that there was a "masters of applied positive psychology", nor that it might cost so much money and so little face-to-face time to get such a thing:

http://chronicle.com/article/The-Brave-New-World-of-College/138107/

The above is an opinion piece that mainly focuses on the rationale behind "branding" of potentially useless degrees and non-credit-granting courses by prestigious institutions.

Thoughts?

45K..... ka ching

 

[graduatingsoon]

I had no idea that there was a "masters of applied positive psychology", nor that it might cost so much money and so little face-to-face time to get such a thing:

http://chronicle.com/article/The-Brave-New-World-of-College/138107/

The above is an opinion piece that mainly focuses on the rationale behind "branding" of potentially useless degrees and non-credit-granting courses by prestigious institutions.

Thoughts?

Again, corporations win and students lose and become debt slaves.

By the way, so far less than 10% of students enrolled end up completing massive online open college classes in the end (MOOCs) so this is not a good learning strategy so far.

 

[erg923]

Again, corporations win and students lose and become debt slaves.

By the way, so far less than 10% of students enrolled end up completing massive online open college classes in the end (MOOCs) so this is not a good learning strategy so far.

There is another thread where a poster claims that "out in the field" there is use for a Ph,D in "international psychology" with a focus on trauma. This degree is valued at 100k per the Chicago School of Professional Psychology. Apparently, the goal here is one of "learning" but with absolutely no forethought or consideration about how to translate said learning into a skill that benefits you or another human being. Yes, GI money well spent.

Degrees for intellectual masturbation on one end and laughing all the way to the bank on the other, if you ask me.