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Colleges are reopening in fall, but many professors won’t be present

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I’m doing a distance data science degree at a fraction of the cost and I would imagine I’m getting much more out of it than this September intake will. There’s been a revolution in remote working, will education follow?

Could you post the link to the degree that you're taking.

Re: Colleges are reopening in fall, but many professors won’t be present

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I’m doing a distance data science degree at a fraction of the cost and I would imagine I’m getting much more out of it than this September intake will. There’s been a revolution in remote working, will education follow?

I hope the education is free. Because without the human presence, paying $250,000 USD for a university education sounds like a ripoff.

Re: Colleges are reopening in fall, but many professors won’t be present

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I’m doing a distance data science degree at a fraction of the cost and I would imagine I’m getting much more out of it than this September intake will. There’s been a revolution in remote working, will education follow?

I hope the education is free. Because without the human presence, paying $250,000 USD for a university education sounds like a ripoff.

Even with the human presence. There's so much unneeded bundling - these campuses have turned into prestige factories.

Re: Colleges are reopening in fall, but many professors won’t be present

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I’m doing a distance data science degree at a fraction of the cost and I would imagine I’m getting much more out of it than this September intake will. There’s been a revolution in remote working, will education follow?

I hope the education is free. Because without the human presence, paying $250,000 USD for a university education sounds like a ripoff.

Is anyone genuinely paying a quarter of a million dollars for a degree? That seems extreme even for a non-scholarship medical doctorate degree, let alone a simple data-science degree.

Re: Colleges are reopening in fall, but many professors won’t be present

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I’m doing a distance data science degree at a fraction of the cost and I would imagine I’m getting much more out of it than this September intake will. There’s been a revolution in remote working, will education follow?

I hope the education is free. Because without the human presence, paying $250,000 USD for a university education sounds like a ripoff.

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Re: Colleges are reopening in fall, but many professors won’t be present

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

I hope the education is free. Because without the human presence, paying $250,000 USD for a university education sounds like a ripoff.

Is anyone genuinely paying a quarter of a million dollars for a degree? That seems extreme even for a non-scholarship medical doctorate degree, let alone a simple data-science degree.

I'm a current college student, and my school costs about $80k per year, counting tuition, room & board, supplies, etc., before financial aid. That would be $320k for 4 years, well over a quarter of a million.

I'm personally getting a significant amount of financial aid, so that it will end up costing much less than that for me, but I know people who are paying full price.

EDIT: I'm an undergrad at a 4-year university.

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