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Originally Posted by PiKA2001
So you've never seen or heard someone who holds a 4-year degree from a traditional school scoff or look down on someone who went to a trade school or received a degree from a non traditional school (University of Phoenix)?
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Not employers in companies where trade schools, apprenticeships, community colleges, and alternative job training are considered competitive. Therefore, scoffing only matters when they scoff at someone who is submitting a resume` or job application. People have opinions on a range of things but those opinions only TRULY matter when they impact someone's life chances. If that trade school or nontraditional school degree is competitive for that job or career field, then it is what it is. If those degrees are not competitive, partly because the employers (ya know, those whose opinions REALLY count) are scoffing, then so many Americans need to think twice before getting training and degrees from those institutions.
I don't have a negative opinion of trade schools, apprenticeships, community colleges, and alternative job training programs. However, I do have a negative opinion of for-profit institutions like University of Phoenix. (I don't dislike Strayer for certain degrees therefore I consider it a higher tier for-profit than University of Phoenix.) We have an entire thread filled with scoff over schools like University of Phoenix. As an educator, I can say that University of Phoenix is one of the worst for-profit schools for a number of reasons. That is why schools like University of Phoenix need to stop lying to people and telling them that their degree is competitive across disciplines and across jobs and careers. That just isn't true. Schools like University of Phoenix need to find their niche and stick with that. Stay in your lane, nontraditional for-profit schools. But, they won't do that which is why they are for-profit.
