I wonder how much this will happen? It seems that qualifications from cheaper institutions are always valued lower than those from more prestigious and expensive ones. I doubt that this is entirely due to the more prestigious universities having harder course content.
In the UK there seems to be a strong correlation between how valuable a degree from an institution is perceived and how many "posh people" attend a particular institution.
I've often wondered how often "we want somebody with a degree" actually means "We want somebody from a particular social class".
The labour government's answer to this was the ensure that more young people got a university education from across that social spectrum but this doesn't seem to be reflected in the employment figures of young people.
the "value" of a degree from a certain university in Britain correlates almost entirely with the difficulty of gaining entry to that institution. "Posh people" tend to do much better on average academically than the rest of the population, so it is hardly surprising that they are found in such large numbers in Britain's top universities.
So at that point the degree is really a proxy for A level results. I would wager that A level results correlate more strongly with social class than degree results once you factor in mature students etc. Though I have no idea if that is true.
I imagine that pure online universities will have low or non existent entry requirements. So will be interesting to see how their value is perceived.
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I wonder how much this will happen? It seems that qualifications from cheaper institutions are always valued lower than those from more prestigious and expensive ones. I doubt that this is entirely due to the more prestigious universities having harder course content.
In the UK there seems to be a strong correlation between how valuable a degree from an institution is perceived and how many "posh people" attend a particular institution.
I've often wondered how often "we want somebody with a degree" actually means "We want somebody from a particular social class". The labour government's answer to this was the ensure that more young people got a university education from across that social spectrum but this doesn't seem to be reflected in the employment figures of young people.
the "value" of a degree from a certain university in Britain correlates almost entirely with the difficulty of gaining entry to that institution. "Posh people" tend to do much better on average academically than the rest of the population, so it is hardly surprising that they are found in such large numbers in Britain's top universities.
So at that point the degree is really a proxy for A level results. I would wager that A level results correlate more strongly with social class than degree results once you factor in mature students etc. Though I have no idea if that is true.
I imagine that pure online universities will have low or non existent entry requirements. So will be interesting to see how their value is perceived.