Article bashes Harvard Extension ALM Grad

[Charles Fout]

If people are having that reaction to HES, then that is the reputation HES has whether members of this forum agree with it or not. UTD actually has a pretty well-ranked business school with a good reputation. I think people get too caught up in the name recognition of a university among the general public, but what really matters is the reputation of a specific degree program or department among peers within your field. UTD attracts a lot of international students.

The problem with such a determination is sample size. I only know two HES grads beyond what I would consider an acquaintance. One has problems because sometimes IT managers like to be...erm...precious about their education. My old coworker had a degree from UT Austin and was mocked for not having a UNT degree from our friendly neighborhood power trip in a suit who got his degree from UNT. The other got his ALM in Cybersecurity and a BSBA from WGU, he swears no one has ever hassled him.

Of the people I've met who discuss HES, very few even mention having real problems with the degree unless they're interviewing for a role with someone who went to Real Harvard and thinks that HES isn't Real Harvard

Very sad. A clear case of the politics of personal destruction. This man has nothing to hide or be ashamed of regarding his HES degree. I am committed to not engage in political arguments on this forum. That said. Even though I consider myself to be very conservative I do wish that  Ron DeSantis and my own governor, Glen Youngkin, were not so eager to fight the culture war in the arena of higher education or even education - full stop.