[KLUG Members] Dropping CIS enrollments

[Doc Rea]

Some replies below.

Adam Tauno WIlliams wrote:

> On Fri, 2004-08-20 at 15:31, econophil at charter.net wrote:
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> Smart students don't need to waste their time on the current level of
> college courses which cater to the least-common-denominator /
> under-achiever.  They just go for the certs.

I can't disagree with this more. College is way more than certs. If you 
want to just be technical, sure go for the certs, but college can help 
you learn more about other things as well. I won't get into the whole 
philosophical argument here, but I just can't agree with the "smart 
student" implied "dumb student" statement here. Once again, it depends 
on what you want to do.
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> 
>>--Do students need a bachelor's in CIS rather than an associate's, to get jobs today? 
> 
> 
> No

True. It just depends on the job.

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> *BUT*, since colleges have utterly failed to teach CIS for the last 5+
> (at least) years,  I think the value of certifications and 'street cred'
> is worth more than a CIS degree.

Well, I don't think we're going to agree on this one. I won't take up 
list space to counter this argument, but I would like to know how you've 
come to this conclusion.