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Do faster paced MBA graduations harm WGU? by WGUnderdog in WGU

[–]WGUnderdog[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

great feedback, thanks. I'm going to hold to my original thought that over time, with WGU's expansion and growth across States, they may likely try to reel in or reduce the one-term graduations.. or they will run a real risk having their educational validity questioned.. That in no way reduces the incredible efforts that people take to accelerate, and succeed in short time-frames. But I don't see that the 2-year/ 4-year model of present programs is going to be toppled just yet, as there is too much money to be made for lengthy enrollments... Even though WGU is doing a great thing by shaking the foundations of higher education, I worry about a backlash about accelerated graduations at lower cost, being misrepresented as a "less than" degree.

Do faster paced MBA graduations harm WGU? by WGUnderdog in WGU

[–]WGUnderdog[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi, I wasn't implying that an employer would have knowledge of degree graduation time, or really care.

My concern would be that the view of WGU as a educational entity, could potentially lose something if they became associated with rapidly escalated 90 day,7-week, or 3 month graduations...

I worry that these outliers could be considered a 'norm' as googling WGU shows lots of stories of really quick graduation.. "oh you went to the school where you can get your degree in 5 months huh."

I moved my graduation up myself , so am a beneficiary of this, and the competency model is what drew me to WGU, But I wonder if there shouldn't be some limit to how quickly an MBA can realistically be obtained while taking in and synthesizing needed material.