How do colleges know if you're doing multiple degrees at the same time ?

[alzee]

As I said, it can make a tiny bit of sense to a B&M. What's TESU's excuse?

[davewill]

As I said, it can make a tiny bit of sense to a B&M. What's TESU's excuse?

Huh? They do allow second degrees. They just have specific requirements about earning the credits after the first degree is awarded. Part of the motivation might be to keep you from double dipping too many credits.

[Life Long Learning]

That would be so evil.....:toetap:

Part of the motivation might be to keep you from double dipping too many credits.

[Life Long Learning]

This year, the University of California system — stung by an audit showing it was admitting few home-state students — opened up as many as 20,000 additional slots, which may have had a dampening effect on UO recruiting. A large number of UO students come from California, driven in the past in part by the difficulty of getting accepted in the University of California system.
University of Oregon

Yes, they will bar you from attending.
Freshman admission profile | UC Admissions

Places like UCLA and UC Berkeley turn down most of their high school applicants. Around 80K - 90K applicants try for the around 15K admit spots. We're talking about admit rates somewhere down in the 15% range. Why should someone who already has a degree take a spot away from a high schooler?

Summer sessions at UC are open access, but they won't let you earn a degree just using summer session courses.

[dfrecore]

This year, the University of California system — stung by an audit showing it was admitting few home-state students — opened up as many as 20,000 additional slots, which may have had a dampening effect on UO recruiting. A large number of UO students come from California, driven in the past in part by the difficulty of getting accepted in the University of California system.
University of Oregon

Yes, they like the money that out-of-state and international students bring, so the taxpayers have been getting screwed for years, dumping money into a system that doesn't let our kids go there. Awesome.

[edwardfurlong]

My thinking is the school wants a commitment (and money), if you are going to several schools at one time you might end up going with one school over the other.

In the end you still have to complete all of the degree requirements. Maybe there is a layer of bureaucracy / reporting / funding that we just do not know about.

[cookderosa]

All of the conjecture in this thread supposes that it's TESU's personal policy. There is no doubt in my mind that it's a compliance requirement with either state or federal financial aid laws or accreditation bodies.

[alzee]

Huh? They do allow second degrees. They just have specific requirements about earning the credits after the first degree is awarded. Part of the motivation might be to keep you from double dipping too many credits.

They do allow a 2nd. They don't allow a 3rd. Why?

[creditmonsoon]

They do allow a 2nd. They don't allow a 3rd. Why?

If I ran a college I would allow as many as people wanted. There's people out there who aspire to excel in many areas of life, not in just 1, or 2.

[clep3705]

Right, if you ran a private college you can do whatever you want. But if you are running a taxpayer supported college, you have to think about spreading the resource out to benefit as many people as possible. Most of the cost of educating a student is borne by the taxpayers, not the students. Every student pursuing a second, third, or fourth bachelor's degree is taking a spot away from a first time college student.