New from Harvard Extension School

[eriehiker]

I am kind of ambivalent about the HES debate. I do know that the twenty graduate English credit hours that I finished there cost about $1250, which was cheaper than anywhere else that I could find.

I don't think that an online HES class is as good as an in-seat class at Harvard College. I think that being surrounded by amazing people on a daily basis is its own thing. However, I also think that people on this forum are amazing and we really do help each other out.

The really cool thing that HES is doing right now is pricing their courses at levels that working people can afford. The poetry classes, scholarships and affordable certificates are really great. I will shout Harvard Extension to the rooftops if the price is right.

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BTW, the pricing thing is also at play with the changes at TESU and the Big Three. Those institutions would not be a viable concern if their degrees approached free in terms of cost. They need to pay people to transcript the courses, etc. The degrees also wouldn't mean much if it didn't take a little bit of effort to achieve them. I think that $5,000 for a degree is great and $20,000 or $30,000 for an HES degree is great. This is a great time to be a student.