Sometimes students send me curricula from their former code bootcamps. Some of these are so, so bad. Six months for literally Lambda School’s pre course work. They should be shut down.
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In Portugal university courses must be accredited for the attributed degrees to be valid. I was involved in this process as a student in 2013. The jury is comprised of a central body for uniformity, and experts from related courses in other universities.
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It’s the same in the US, but the accreditation rules are pretty insane so a lot of great courses don’t qualify
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What happens when they don't qualify?
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They never attempt to become accredited
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And people apply to these degrees? How is their worth validated?
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Degrees are generally accredited, non-accredited programs are just judged by results in getting hired
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Got it. But the metric is getting hired and not the quality of the skills learned? What is the average age of these non accredited programs? I would presume most run for a few years while the curriculum is in high demand?
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There are dozens of “accrediting” bodies so it depends on what that means. “Regional” accreditation which is recognized by the US Gov is only for four year programs, the universities you’d think of. Everything else is just kind of... if people want to attend
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