If an employer questions your degree during an interview?

[Mian]

I have to add that I don't think that it's just about how the big 3 are viewed by employers. It's really about how any online or unknown college is viewed.

Would it be any different if we had chosen to go to.. I don't know.. Capella? What about Metropolitan State College?

Capella is all online and can be pricey and Metro State is a college in Denver that is totally B&M. I have to say that I think that if employers have an issue with an unknown degree, the candidate that spent lots of money to go to Capella or Metro would also be in trouble either because the degree is online or because it's totally unknown (well unless you're here in Denver.)

You're right and I think it's about some online schools having a bad reputation for being degree mills. I can understand the concern about that. If it were me being questioned I would be sure to point out that my classes had proctored exams so it's verifiable that I completed the work. Well, except the one I plan to do with ALEKS.

That's one thing even I would consider suspect if I were an employer making hiring decisions; doing classes that have no proctored exams like the PreCalc with ALEKS. How could you prove that you didn't have your sister or friend do it for you? You'd only have your word and not knowing you I wouldn't know just how good that is. I'd really want to look at which and how many classes were completed that way.

So I think it's best to do the bulk of your credits and important, degree-related classes in a way where your exams are proctored...or to do higher level classes in the same subject that way so you can say you were able to move on from the lower levels by completing the work yourself.

Some people are going to be suspicious of these degrees no matter what you do, but I don't think it will be that many if you point out how it's done through proctoring.