Still, it will be a long time before companies besides high-tech start-ups trust anything other than a traditional degree. That’s why hundreds of thousands of people a year enroll in the University of Phoenix, which most students attend online. Says University of Phoenix spokesman Ryan Rauzon: “They need a degree, and that isn’t going to change anytime soon.”

400,000 total students

20/400,000 = .00005 or .005%

working with the 3,000 number gets you to .66%

thoughts:

off the top that seems pretty shitty

I think what they need to do is focus on providing remote high end temp opportunities for their students

if you've taken one of those classes and done well, that's the skill set you've demonstrated that you have

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2087697&forum_id=2#21851479)

no, that is not why.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2087697&forum_id=2#21851527)

Hopefully "schools" like this eliminate UofPhoenix and other scam pay for degree schools.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2087697&forum_id=2#21851536)

http://blog.udacity.com/

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And that’s what we’re doing. We are working with leading academic researchers and collaborating with Google, NVIDIA, Microsoft, Autodesk, Cadence, and Wolfram to teach knowledge and skills that students will be able to put to use immediately, either in personal projects or as an employee at one of the many companies where these skills are sought after.

The classes that are opening for enrollment include:

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(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2087697&forum_id=2#21851553)

http://www.usv.com/jobs/ look at all these jobs for quality tech startups

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2087697&forum_id=2#21851583)

with U Phoenix student, or the Big State U, you get a list of classes taken and a letter grade earned

with Udacity you could get that, plus a detailed click history, do they do things early? do they wait until the last minute for everything? do they stick to a set schedule? do they comment in class forums?

there is alot more data that can be mined to predict successful hires

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2087697&forum_id=2#21851580)

seems like they are dropping the ball here

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2087697&forum_id=2#21851613)

"Yesterday I was in a meeting. I’m on the board of a company in the temp-staffing business. They provide temp staffing in almost every industry. I’m a big believer that we are moving towards an employee-less society and everyone will begin either outsourcing or hiring temps rather than deal with all the regulatory issues of hiring people."

http://www.jamesaltucher.com/2012/10/no-wonder-he-hated-me/

got me thinking, the problem is that hiring someone is too big a commitment to make from someone off of a udacity class

temp assignments are the right level of commitment for an employer to make for someone who has done well in a udacity class, they should be trying to work with companies to hiring people on a temp basis,

then people have real experience to put on resumes, and employer have an even better look at the candidates

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2087697&forum_id=2#21851655)

http://generalassemb.ly/education/learn-web-development/

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2087697&forum_id=2#21851687)

you could easily knock out 7-8 udacity classes in the same time frame

you also have to live in or near NYC,

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2087697&forum_id=2#21851824)

seems like society should be able to figure out a way to take advantage of the skills of people the are smart enough to do well in these free online classes

from the article:

Meanwhile, Thrun had told his Stanford students they could take the class online if they didn’t want to attend lectures. More than three-quarters of them did so, viewing the videos from their dorms and participating as if they were thousands of miles away. Then something remarkable happened. On the midterm, the Stanford students scored a full letter grade higher on average than students had in previous years. They seemed to be learning more when they learned online. The same bump happened after they took the final.

Still, the Stanford students were not the stars of the class. At the end of the semester, not one of the course’s 400 top performers had a Stanford address.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2087697&forum_id=2#21851873)

that this http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/24/a-place-for-techies-to-gather/ ?

you have to be there in person? Its a $300 monthly membership? Thats not bad

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2087697&forum_id=2#21851686)

http://generalassemb.ly/education/learn-web-development/

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2087697&forum_id=2#21851696)