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Comment by rayiner | Hacker News Reader

> But you at least get something of some value at the end

Aside from a few elite universities, do you? What’s a Bachelors of Arts from Directional State worth?

Elite universities are shameless credential laundering operations. I wouldn’t hire anybody with a degree from Harvard or Yale for anything other than sales.

A poor kid who wants to be successful is much more valuable than some legacy admission.

Probably get you through more doors than someone without one if you both have zero experience. It can lessen the hurdle of getting that first experience also if you take advantage of internship your university can arrange.

This one seems like a genuine attempt to train for valuable trades while providing some of the college trappings. It’s also significantly cheaper than most grifty schools like ITT Tech or Devry. Though I couldn’t find anywhere saying they’re a non-profit.

If they do a decent liberal arts portion of the Catholic studies the students would gain a good grasp on reading, writing, and history with some philosophy too.

Their mission page actually has some interesting parts about their view of the dignity of manual trades and labor: https://www.collegeofstjoseph.com/mission-and-vision

To be honest many employers will also see “BA” and “college” and not look further since they don’t actually care; it’s just a filtering mechanism.

This is a strange question. A BA from a 2nd or 3rd tier state school is sufficient to apply to a wide variety of white collar jobs, all of which require degrees.

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