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One of the Worst Education Articles I've Read
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(04-07-2019, 01:19 PM)bjcheung77 Wrote:
sanantone Wrote:The dumbest part of this article is that the author thinks that earth science has a poor ROI because you have to read a lot and put in serious time in a lab.

https://self-made.io/degrees-worst-return-investment/

OP, LOL, it wasn't that much better when they wrote about Mathematics and Engineering Technology.  Like, what the heck!

The engineering technology section was pretty bad too. The author said that engineering is only a good investment if you plan to work in academia. And, because the studies can be demanding, this could signal a bad ROI. Hahahaha!

"Therefore, the difficulty of studies and bad job opportunities turn to engineer into a bad educational investment."

(04-07-2019, 01:50 PM)Sparklette Wrote: If that weren't enough to ruin the author's credibility, he thinks that philosophy is a social science. 
 Weirdly enough, before starting TESU, I looked into completing my BA in philosophy I started at University of Wyoming using their distance completion program. They have philosophy as a concentration under the BA in social sciences there. Not in the on-campus program, though...just for the distance option.
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Most schools wouldn't classify it as a social science; it's almost always classified as humanities. The social sciences are based on empirical studies, which is history is debatable as a social science. Philosophy is mostly logic and untested theories. But, some schools do weird things with their online programs. Excelsior has a logistics concentration within its liberal arts program, but logistics is normally offered in business schools.
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RE: One of the Worst Education Articles I've Read - by sanantone - 04-07-2019, 02:00 PM

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