The University of Wisconsin is certainly being innovative with their Flexible Option program. This is allowing people to get degrees who may not have been able to get degrees otherwise. I think this is a great idea and it will help many people have better qualities of life. In today's society education is extremely important for success and the University of Wisconsin is helping people achieve that success. Today's world is extremely busy so many people who want to receive a college education simply do not have the time and money. This option solves both those problems and you receive the degree from your home and the cost is much less than receiving the degree from on campus.
Some people may think that the Flexible Option program is making the University of Wisconsin less credit-worthy. I do not agree with this. I think the University is helping people get an education in an attainable way. If the curriculum is to be the same as the on campus program then there should be no lack of quality on the education received.
I am quite interested in learning how this turns out and if other colleges and universities will follow in the University of Wisconsin's footsteps.
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I think this is a great idea by the University of Wisconsin. I recently had a meeting with the MBA department for a Graduate Assistant position, and it was stunning to hear the disparity between recent college grads returning for their MBA as opposed to individuals in their mid to late 30's. These people most likely have a lot more responsibility and expenses than I do as a 24 year old (mortgage, children, etc.) so to provide them with the chance to go back to school without "actually going back to school" is a very valuable experience. In today's world, technology is becoming more and more dominant, so the concept of online classes is much more prominent. I definitely agree with you that this is not any less credit-worthy than attending class in an actual classroom. As long as the individual takes away a substantial amount of lessons learned, I believe that the class (online or on campus) has been a success.
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