Pratt CC: Discounted Credit Hours

[eriehiker]

I'm not sure that this is really that great of a deal, but Pratt CC in Kansas has $75 baseline credit hours for summer.  However, the fees appear to be $51 per credit hour in excess of that for a total of $128.

http://prattcc.edu/summer

[udi]

Interesting. I didn't see anything useful, but there are some physics and chemistry courses. Not sure about the lab.
http://prattcc.edu/sites/default/files/p...hedule.pdf

[monchevy]

Is this even a real school?

"See below for exclusice Summer 2020 tuition rates for our service area, state of kansas and beyond!"

Um, what?

[Rustydroid]

Is this even a real school?

"See below for exclusice Summer 2020 tuition rates for our service area, state of kansas and beyond!"

Um, what?

It's regionally accredited.

[monchevy]

Is this even a real school?

"See below for exclusice Summer 2020 tuition rates for our service area, state of kansas and beyond!"

Um, what?

It's regionally accredited.

That sentence sounds like it was written by a 5-year-old, and it's actually on their website. Doesn't say anything good about the quality of the education one might receive there.

[ss20ts]

Is this even a real school?

"See below for exclusice Summer 2020 tuition rates for our service area, state of kansas and beyond!"

Um, what?

It's a community college. Here I'll break it down for you:

Our service area: our local community in which we serve

State of Kansas: Anyone in the state of Kansas is welcome

Beyond: Everyone is welcome

Clearly exclusice is a typo. MANY colleges and universities have typos on their websites. Mere mortals are the ones keying in the information. It happens. I've seen typos on big name universities. Didn't stop anyone from attending an Ivy League university. Yup even Cornell has had a few typos on their website. It happens.

[monchevy]

Is this even a real school?

"See below for exclusice Summer 2020 tuition rates for our service area, state of kansas and beyond!"

Um, what?

It's a community college. Here I'll break it down for you:

Our service area: our local community in which we serve

State of Kansas: Anyone in the state of Kansas is welcome

Beyond: Everyone is welcome

Clearly exclusice is a typo. MANY colleges and universities have typos on their websites. Mere mortals are the ones keying in the information. It happens. I've seen typos on big name universities. Didn't stop anyone from attending an Ivy League university. Yup even Cornell has had a few typos on their website. It happens.

I mean, yeah. Everyone makes typos in casual communications. But that sentence has two typos and is not structured properly. All in one sentence. Mere mortals are keying them in, but you don't let something go live on your consumer-facing website, especially if you're an education website, without having it checked by a proofreader. Which I happen to be. For education websites. 

It's just a bad look. While having a 1990s website design is usually a matter of financial resources, accuracy in your copy isn't. The quality of the information on your site reflects the quality of the education. I don't think that's really a controversial statement to make on a forum devoted to education. 

[ss20ts]

Eh it's a community college. Proofreading isn't what it once was.

[monchevy]

Eh it's a community college. Proofreading isn't what it once was.

Tell me about it... imagine spending nearly 40 years in a profession where no one thinks what you do is important! 

[dfrecore]

Is this even a real school?

"See below for exclusice Summer 2020 tuition rates for our service area, state of kansas and beyond!"

Um, what?

It's a community college. Here I'll break it down for you:

Our service area: our local community in which we serve

State of Kansas: Anyone in the state of Kansas is welcome

Beyond: Everyone is welcome

Clearly exclusice is a typo. MANY colleges and universities have typos on their websites. Mere mortals are the ones keying in the information. It happens. I've seen typos on big name universities. Didn't stop anyone from attending an Ivy League university. Yup even Cornell has had a few typos on their website. It happens.

I mean, yeah. Everyone makes typos in casual communications. But that sentence has two typos and is not structured properly. All in one sentence. Mere mortals are keying them in, but you don't let something go live on your consumer-facing website, especially if you're an education website, without having it checked by a proofreader. Which I happen to be. For education websites. 

It's just a bad look. While having a 1990s website design is usually a matter of financial resources, accuracy in your copy isn't. The quality of the information on your site reflects the quality of the education. I don't think that's really a controversial statement to make on a forum devoted to education. 

You obviously haven't spent much time on college websites!  Worse than typos, is trying to find key info - like what tuition is.  I've had a heck of a time figuring that out on MANY school sites.  Second - what courses are required for each degree.  It's like pulling teeth at some places to find out what the degree consists of.  I would say that maybe 50% of sites are bad, and 75% are terrible.  I've seen very few that are good, and none that are excellent.