Nano-Degrees as a New Model to Integrate Into Higher Education
20th January 2015
Last year, AT&T and the online educational organization Udacity teamed up to offer a “nano-degree” that directly trains students for a job with AT&T. This move is in line with a new government report that suggests that more cooperation between universities and businesses is the key to economic success in the future. However, Michael Roth, the president of Wesleyan University, is skeptical of nano-degrees. The degrees, he claims, are no substitute for a liberal arts degree.
Indeed not. Unlike a liberal arts degree, they will actually help you get a real job.