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Re: University of the People: Tuition-Free, Accredited Online Degree Programs

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Post by bonoboTP »

SupplyChainGuy wrote: post #327
bonoboTP wrote: post #237

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It depends, like many things, this is very nuanced. In my time at university, I knew many capable and bright people who cheated once in a while, but only in well-picked cases, not as their general policy. For example if there was a mandatory bullshit subject, or something that they regarded as worthless waste of time etc. and rather spent the time on the important things. I think it's a very naive shielded "good boy"…

I agree. I'm a CS major and am forced to take a class on history. The class is entirely online and the teacher doesn't seem to really care one bit. The entire class is just random quizzes that can easily be googled/ Just follow along on quizlet. I have two options; Read the super boring textbook for 5 hours, take the test legit and get an 80% or I quizlett the test get 100% and spend the next 5 hours listening to Dan…

I had similar cases with "business" and "management" courses in my computer engineering degree. While understanding business thinking is definitely an important part of being a computer engineer, these courses were utter bullshit and everyone knew it. So everyone I knew cheated, it was an open secret.

But the university wanted to boast that they are modern and prepare students for business stuff: look, we even require business-related courses in our program! But actually it was some nonsense like memorize various lists, like the 5 different aspects of whatever, some pseudo-mathy formulas, etc. I mean, if you take me that seriously to give me this type of nonsense as "learning material" then I will take you precisely as seriously when it comes to the exam.

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Post by cutemonster »

VLM wrote: post #309
infogulch wrote: post #49

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The problem with plagiarism isn't best characterized as some sort of power struggle between teachers and students via bullshit assignments. The purpose of learning to write is to make yourself a formidable communicator. If you can independently analyze a new topic to learn something new and apply the results of those learnings towards a particular goal, you can be amazingly effective in everything you aim for. But if…

Not necessarily hurt you, but doesn't help as much as it could. From talking to people further along the plagiarism spectrum than myself, they see it as developing good taste or almost coaching. Yeah yeah in a writing class its hard to justify not learning to write. But in any other class... Lets hypothetically say we're in a computer science class and our assignment is to write an essay on the supremacy of the C++ l…

I was going to write sth similar -- that if a writing assignment seems pointless from a student's point of view, and s/he thinks the study time is better spent in other ways, maybe coding a software program instead,

Then to some extent I could sympathize with those who plagiarize. ... If it's to save time for something more on topic they think.

But if it's a writing class, then, no! Or writing about history or society etc

Re: University of the People: Tuition-Free, Accredited Online Degree Programs

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Post by efeoja »

Uopeople is the best that has ever happened to me as a person . At the institution , I am exposed to quality education and highly qualified instructors whose tutoring has affected me positively bringing about academic excellence . The institution's curriculum is up to date .

I have no regret studying at the University.

Re: University of the People: Tuition-Free, Accredited Online Degree Programs

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Post by efeoja »

aspenmayer wrote: post #5

The first question I always ask of these weird online universities is, are they regionally accredited? National accreditation is not really a high bar and isn’t considered competitive; all legitimate institutions of higher learning should qualify for and receive regional accreditation from an appropriate authority before considering such study in one’s best interest. This online learning site is eligible for regional…

Uopeople is not a scam . It's like every other institution of learning with qualified instructors . Make your research well before you make any comment.

Re: University of the People: Tuition-Free, Accredited Online Degree Programs

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Post by poma88 »

Great initiative!! I wanted to volunteer, but they only accept if you can teach in two semesters per year or 15h per week. I am a researcher and I find it is too much! Once per year and then 5 h per week is the maximum I am able for a usual paid course in top 200 university, sorry.

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Post by dennis_jeeves »

SuoDuanDao wrote: post #300
RNCTX wrote: post #294

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> News is fake. Science is fake. Schools are barriers. Everything is subjective, objective reality is nonexistent. How do we have productive disagreements going forward? Funny you describe it that way. I'd argue that young people in STEM fields, including IS/CIS/CompSci undergrad programs, think everything can be objective when that clearly is not the case. You don't need to go to college to press buttons, fill out s…

I can't word this in a non-snarky way, but it's a genuine question: Why do you believe that college can teach making subjective decisions?

>I can't word this in a non-snarky way, but it's a genuine question:

>Why do you believe that college can teach making subjective decisions?

Lol, most people actually believe that common-sense can be taught to people. I don't.

Re: University of the People: Tuition-Free, Accredited Online Degree Programs

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Post by novok »

zoomablemind wrote: post #274
novok wrote: post #210

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At large tech co that pays well, writing is very important for career progression: 1. You often have to write design docs to communicate what you are making and gather feedback. These documents if badly written won't be as well received. 2. At many companies, you have a million things to work on, so in a way, you get to choose who you work with at some level. If someone communicates badly to the point of annoyance, i…

> And promo is often based on leadership of projects. And how do you become the leader of projects? You write compelling documents. This sounds somewhat idealized. As much as writing well is an asset, the understanding and ability to navigate office politics is what increases one's chances at career advancement. In the simplest form, just doing what the boss wants/expects one to do, not doing the unwanted things. No…

What do you think navigating office politics is? A lot of it is communication, and a lot of that communication is written down, especially in the remote work world we are going to. :)

Also how do you become the well paid boss that tells people what to do? You get promoted. You often have to communicate to your subordinates on what to do through writing and so on. Otherwise your known as a bad boss and the best might not want to work with you.

Re: University of the People: Tuition-Free, Accredited Online Degree Programs

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Post by kamyarg »

tomato2juice wrote: post #66
kamyarg wrote: post #31

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As both the OP and you are new accounts, I will ask the first question I can think of: is this a marketing move to post it here? Also, I watched the "Who is behind it" video and it did not answer the question, who is actually behind this? Is it a non-profit? Is it owned by by someone? Who founded it when?

>is this a marketing move to post it here? Nope, I had found the university before but ignored it. Then was looking for cheap math degrees from the recent math books thread today, and came across this school again. Figured I'd post it, but I have no interest in attending there, as they don't have any programs I care about

Thank you for explaining.
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