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"Some of the comments go so far as to claim that higher education is this era's biggest scam, which is an extremely ignorant view."

There is a gigantic difference between medical school and University of Phoenix.



You're right, there is. I never said all institutions that claim to offer higher education are not scams or not free; some are in it purely for business. The University of Phoenix is pretty much 'open source' online education with a price tag, which really just supports my point in that there's still a definite need for and lots of value in the traditional hands-on sort of education.


And between getting training on a job where you actually do the work involved and "watching videos online".




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