Non-Credit vs For-Credit Courses

[eupharis]

I think there is a place for non credit courses. A lot of them come with some sort of certificate/proof you took them. For instance my DCS programming classes can go a long way in certain circles, but a BS is going to go a decent distance in every circle. IT certs, from what I understand, can help a lot.

Yeah good point about non-degree courses. I guess they do still have a role for sure. This place just kind of blew my mind yesterday

Dude! If you could run a section of for credit courses on that alert website, maybe even break down RA/NA/ACE/etc. that would be a powerful website. I feel like a lot of people that go this route, keep going in some form. They knock out degrees, then go for certs, then go for fun. By having an option for credit, non credit. It would keep people at your alert site too. Think about it, to see if you could pull it off, or even want to. But I’m picturing “tell me when a new ____ class comes available for ACE credits.” Then “tell me when any ____ class comes available.” I wouldn’t sweep the nation and monitor EVERY school. Just ones like they pay attention to here.

That's a great idea! Scraping just the "big" schools / sites here wouldn't be too terrible. And would probably catch like 90% of the courses people here are interested in.