StudentOfFurrtune

http://www.amazon.com/PHP-MySQL-Web-Development-Edition/dp/0672329166/ref=pd_sxp_grid_i_0_1

It was an earlier edition of this book...

The degree I received was a Bachelors in Information Technology with a concentration in Web Development, not a CS degree. You'd think learning to actually create working web sites would entail more than one class that was basically using a regular php/MySQL book that is easy to read through and available free online...

As stated I just needed the piece of paper for a promotion since my last three promotions were 'Bachelors Degree Required' positions within my company. I got my piece of paper and the promotion but really didn't learn anything and I did not have to pay for it.

My company now has a policy in place where they have a maximum on how much they will reimburse for degrees that is much lower than the annual cost of a for profit college. I paid about $13,000/year including books. I believe we now only offer around $5,000/year.

As a graduate of strayer university I can feel your pain. We had the weekly posts plus two replies in most classes and reading through them was brutal. Most of the time people were just googling the question and copy/pasting whatever was in Wikipedia or copying someone else's post and changing some words... The tests were even easier as you could just copy most of the question into google and get the answer. The first two semesters I worked really hard and tried to have insightful posts and took my time on quizzes but soon realized that it didn't matter at all. You could spend an hour on a post after spending a few hours reading the material or spend 5 minutes looking up an answer online and post that... I just needed the piece of paper and work paid for it, so I don't feel too bad about it; but I would never hire someone that went there with no experience.

I studied web programming and without my prior knowledge and own research and reading would have no clue. We learned about databases and learned java but never how to use java in web programming. We had one course on php and MySQL and that was about it... Just nothing that you could actually apply and use...

Do you feel that your students are able to apply what they learn at Kaplan to further themselves outside of school?