(06-13-2019, 10:44 AM)armstrongsubero Wrote: @ThatBankDude you're wrong:

https://www.extension.harvard.edu/about-us

The first line says 'We are Harvard' and they state 'We are a fully accredited Harvard School'

Even the harvard.edu mentions it in their 'distance education' programs:

https://www.harvard.edu/about-harvard/frequently-asked-questions/faq-distance-learning

The school is a part of Harvard just like any other school within Harvard and was founded before quite a bit of schools within Harvard.

So where will I tell them I went? MIT? Yale? WGU?

If they ask I'll say I went to Harvard. If I show them my diploma it'll have 'Harvard' written on it. Not Yale, not Colimbia not Penn Foster. Harvard. End of Text.

(06-13-2019, 11:23 AM)Jonathan Whatley Wrote: Things seem similar among Penn's online or blended graduate degrees. For instance, the engineering department has an online master's on CourseRA, but it's a Master of Computer and Information Technology (MCIT) for students from a non-CS background. Again, a differently titled degree from on-campus students.

(06-13-2019, 11:23 AM)Jonathan Whatley Wrote:

(06-13-2019, 09:47 AM)sanantone Wrote: I'd rather take that money and go to UPenn and get the same degree as everyone else. After reading a Dallas forum, I've learned that more people than expected know that Harvard Extension is a "special" school.

Which Penn online or hybrid degree is "the same degree as everyone else?"

Penn's College of Liberal and Professional Studies, Penn LPS, is a separate unit for adult students within Penn like HES is within Harvard University. The Penn LPS online undergraduate degree is a Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences (BAAS), which doesn't seem to be offered elsewhere within Penn.

Whereas the HES undergraduate program has a rich schedule of evening and intensive on-campus courses alongside online courses, Penn is eliminating evening and weekend on-campus classes for LPS adult undergraduates and replacing them with the BAAS, an online degree with two short residencies "similar to orientation days." There's one admission pathway based on prior transcript review, and a "prove your way in" pathway based on taking open enrollment courses, and that's like HES.

Things seem similar among Penn's online or blended graduate degrees. For instance, the engineering department has an online master's on CourseRA, but it's a Master of Computer and Information Technology (MCIT) for students from a non-CS background. Again, a differently titled degree from on-campus students.

I take the fair point that some people will prefer a program where online and on-campus students are awarded the same degree from the same academic unit. I'm not seeing where Penn does things differently from Harvard in that respect. There could be some other program within Penn where online and traditionally admitted on-campus students are awarded the same degree.

Quote:Actually, I would spend less at a school that is ranked higher in its field than an Ivy League school i.e. Georgia Tech or University of Texas for computer science.

With Harvard Extension, you also have to factor in the cost of being in Cambridge for face-to-face classes.

Also fair points!

(06-13-2019, 10:11 AM)ThatBankDude Wrote: The issue with saying "I went to Harvard" is that you actually would not have gone to Harvard. The Harvard Extension School is an open admissions aspect of the school and lacks to admissions rigor that other schools within the university have. Does it fall under the branding of Harvard? Sure.

Quote:However, the school itself made a post on their website I believe showing the proper way of listing the school on their resume as "Harvard Extension School" since I am sure a lot of people were doing "Harvard University" creating a false credential.

• Harvard University Extension School
  
• Harvard University, Extension School
  
• Harvard University (see the listing for the graduate certificate in Jim Wang's résumé, and an individual course in Susan R. Smith's)
  

(06-13-2019, 11:43 AM)jsd Wrote: This program is titled the same way as their on-campus Masters of Computer and Information Technology (found here: https://www.cis.upenn.edu/prospective-students/graduate/mcit.php ) and they both come from their School of Engineering and Applied Science. They do not differentiate online student from on-campus students on the degree or transcript.

(06-13-2019, 09:55 AM)armstrongsubero Wrote: @sanatone good point. I was considering the masters in EE at University of Colorado at Boulder for 20k, but this Harvard Extension degree is 22k more...

(06-14-2019, 11:05 PM)alexf.1990 Wrote:

(06-13-2019, 09:55 AM)armstrongsubero Wrote: @sanatone good point. I was considering the masters in EE at University of Colorado at Boulder for 20k, but this Harvard Extension degree is 22k more...

Harvard Extension School offers a need-based grant that gives 50% off its tuition during the Spring and Fall, and one free class during the summer. The HES masters programs can be spaced out to last 5 years. If you stretch the program out to take the maximum number of free summer courses, you can get the out of pocket cost down to $15k for the masters degree. Some programs also have enough elective courses to allow you to earn a graduate certificate or two while you complete the master program. I haven't found a hard cut off number for the HES grant, but I've heard of people making 50k per year getting the grant.