Does obtaining a Ph.D in your field matter?

[KSigkid]

Originally Posted by Munchkin03

You probably can't, and the law schools know it. I think it comes down to the issue of some graduate degrees being "cash cows" for the Universities. Clearly, the school pays far less for an online student than for a traditional student, but there's usually not that big a difference in tuition; many online programs do not offer scholarships or fellowships like brick and mortar institutions do.

They talked about the cost issue a lot in the article, how it allowed "non-traditional" students to get law degrees.

The thing is, though, that there are a lot of "non-traditional" students in my program, at a pretty solid state school. The evening program is a lot of work if you're working full time - but, then again, a law degree (or any graduate degree, for that matter) is supposed to be a lot of work.

I feel like part of it is that it's sold as some sort of shortcut to a graduate degree. There shouldn't be any shortcut.

[HotDamnImAPhiMu]

Originally Posted by KSigkid

I feel like part of it is that it's sold as some sort of shortcut to a graduate degree. There shouldn't be any shortcut.

At my old work I knew three different girls who'd independently decided they wanted to go to an online school. They were each the kind to cut corners and look for any shortcut they could find, even if it meant cheating a little bit. I didn't have much respect for them.

Makes it hard for me to take online schools.