Online grads sue USC

[michaeladsmith2]

Appreciate all of your points and even the mention of one of my favorite cost-value education degree offerings from ACE. The only thing I would mention is that a degree from USC, even if in teaching, through the alumni opens you up to considerably much higher income opportunities than, say, ACE or the countless cheap options shared in this forum.

I am not endorsing USC, and I have connections that have degrees from USC in business, law, social science, and education, with each of them living well even with our classically overpriced cost of living in Cali. I think the thread is stuck on the example: I earned a degree in teaching and only can work in teaching, and in that example, the only option for teaching should be the cheapest. However, if someone made the poor decision to choose to teach with big payday aspirations, USC would at least provide one to pivot in their career, leverage the alumni and secure a position that pays closer to one's income desires.

Complaining about ROI or income while being a teacher is a tired soapbox that no one listens to. (no one here is doing this; I am just reconnecting with the initial article)

I guess that would be another major issue for me. I'm not paying $100,000 to leverage "Alumni Relations/Networking". But you do raise a very valid and controversial point of debate. How much are students willing to pay these institutions with the hopes that the Alumni will give graduates a "leg up" or "advantaged career opportunity" based on being a part of "the family"? It would be interesting to see how many Masters or EdD/PhD USC Education Program (or other USC graduates) have excelled due in large part to the Alumni's direct involvement.