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  • Students are speeding through their online degrees in weeks, alarming educators

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  • That is a good point. You are probably right that it is area based. My degrees were in physics and to my knowledge, there aren’t too many online degrees for it. It’s pretty hard to fake your knowledge in this area. Even if you could, you’ll be found out quickly once starting a job.

  • Students are speeding through their online degrees in weeks, alarming educators

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  • Certainly not untrue. Many schools have gone the way of business. I wouldn’t go as far as to say it’s only a small percentage that are real degrees these day but it’s definitely lower than it should be.

  • Students are speeding through their online degrees in weeks, alarming educators

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  • If you can complete a masters degree in five weeks, it’s a degree mill and not a real degree. The average in-person masters degree requires 30 credit hours with 24 credits being above 500 level (graduate classes). Let’s do the math:

    If you take 15 credits per semester (5 classes typically), that would be 15 hours of class time for 12 weeks. For a 3 credit class this would be 3 hours per week of class time. If you condense this down to 5 weeks, that would be 36 hours of class time per week for five weeks.

    But remember, this is only half the required credits. So you have to multiply this by 2, leading to 72 hours per week of just class time.

    This does NOT include any outside work. Typically, 500 level classes give homework that can take 5-10 hours per week since it is a graduate level class. Let’s assume five hours to be generous.

    That would mean for a full semester (15 credit hours at 5 classes) one would be looking at 15 hours of class work per week plus 25 hours of homework/projects per week (5 classes x 5 hours of work per class). For a total of 40 hours per week.

    Condensing this down to 5 weeks would multiple this number by 2.4 (5 weeks instead of 12 weeks). And then multiplying it again by 2 since you would have to do both semesters in five weeks. That would be 192 hours of work per week for five weeks. There are 144 hours in a week. These places are degree mills.

  • Not The Onion @lemmy.world
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    "God, you're hot" school board member Keith Ervin not removed from school board.

  • ‘God, you’re hot’ Tennessee school board member says to student during board meeting

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  • The public hearing for possible action will be here for those in the area:

    April 8th, 4:00pm

    405 W College Street Jonesborough, TN, 37659

  • Serbia sees no Ukraine trace in alleged gas sabotage plot after Hungary hints at Kyiv's involvement

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  • Yea, no shit. It was Hungary. I don’t know a single person alive that buys this as a real sabotage plot.

  • Europe is openly preparing for a large-scale military conflict.

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  • Holy. None of this text is in the article posted, nor does it even remotely resemble the article posted. Straight Russian propaganda.

  • China Edges Past U.S. in Global Approval Ratings

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  • There are some important, but not surprising takeaways from this article.

    1. World approval ratings for the US are dependent on political party. That is, they are much higher when democrats are in power.

    2. The world view on China has also primarily decreased over the past 20 years, however with Trump, the U.S. was able to win the race to the bottom.

    3. You will not be surprised by the countries who have higher approval ratings for the U.S. since Trump’s second term. China doesn’t have any data, but I’m certain they too are very happy Trump got re-elected. A destabilized US is a happy Russia and China.

  • Israel says it will keep control over part of southern Lebanon after war with Hezbollah ends

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  • Nope, American tax dollars.

  • ‘He’s lied about everything’: Iran war puts Trump on shaky ground with young MAGA men

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  • He will still vote Republican in the midterms and in 2028.

  • Looks like meat's back on the menu!

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  • That’s like pounding a four loco to pregame. Haha

  • Looks like meat's back on the menu!

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  • A friend got me a liter of everclear once and I mixed it with orange juice. 3 parts OJ and 1 part everclear. You could still set it on fire. Your liver would not recommend.

  • About 13% of Americans have master's degrees. This dog is one of them.

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  • Ruffles had overdue library books, so she never got a degree.

  • 50% of Ukrainians now view Hungary as hostile nation, survey finds

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  • I think it is complicated. First off, the EU has very little teeth in terms of doing anything significant to countries like Hungary. But even if they did, if you push Hungary out of the EU, then Russia moves in just the same as they are in Belarus. Now you have a Russian controlled country in Central Europe. That’s a problem. I think the EU is hoping that come election time, things resolve themselves without the need for extreme action that could result in a much less stable Europe.

  • GrapheneOS calls on privacy focused app developers to boycott European Unified Attestation

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  • “Recently, there were many issues with the X app for GrapheneOS users, and they allege that the new rules are the cause.”

    I understand the greater issue at hand here, but why are people using GrapheneOS as a phone OS, but are STILL using X? And why is GrapheneOS using X?

  • What European language learning app do you prefer? Babbel (German), Memrise (UK), Mondly (Romania), etc.?

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  • Never used Duolingo. I do really like worddive though for Finnish. Not the easiest language to learn and it has helped me a lot.

  • What European language learning app do you prefer? Babbel (German), Memrise (UK), Mondly (Romania), etc.?

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  • Worddive is based in Finland and offers ten languages. I’m using it to learn Finnish.

  • America’s Healthiest States (2025)

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  • I’m skeptical of this list. I’ve lived in Colorado and Maryland and there is no way Maryland is healthier than Colorado.

  • Judge Approves $345 Million Verdict Against Greenpeace in Pipeline Suit | Greenpeace has said the verdict could bankrupt it. Lawsuit was over the group’s role in protests vs Dakota Access Pipeline

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  • That was the intent. Take a look at the judge who made the decision.

  • This App Warns You if Someone Is Wearing Smart Glasses Nearby - 404media

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  • Haven’t tested it against meta glasses. Essentially it requires the MAC address of the device and pings the shit out of it. May or may not work against the glasses.

  • science @lemmy.world
    UnpopularCrow @lemmy.world

    More bad news for the US science community

    www.usatoday.com /story/news/politics/2025/12/16/trump-dismantle-national-center-atmospheric-research-climate/87798771007/
  • A Boring Dystopia @lemmy.world
    UnpopularCrow @lemmy.world

    Zillow removes climate change risk from home listings

    www.theguardian.com /environment/2025/dec/01/zillow-removes-climate-risk-data-home-listings
  • Finland @sopuli.xyz
    UnpopularCrow @lemmy.world

    Working as a freelancer as a second job in Finland

  • science @lemmy.world
    UnpopularCrow @lemmy.world

    NASA leveled by Trump

    www.nasa.gov /fy-2026-budget-request/
  • science @lemmy.world
    UnpopularCrow @lemmy.world

    The death of science in America

    www.nytimes.com /interactive/2025/05/22/upshot/nsf-grants-trump-cuts.html
  • Privacy @lemmy.world
    UnpopularCrow @lemmy.world

    DuckDuckGo's Default Settings

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
    UnpopularCrow @lemmy.world

    Does anyone else readily choose the handicap stall if it is available?

  • politics @lemmy.world
    UnpopularCrow @lemmy.world

    Update: Nothing illegal here. Virginia reused envelopes from last year.

  • Dogs @lemmy.world
    UnpopularCrow @lemmy.world

    Chew toys for extreme chewers

  • politics @lemmy.world
    UnpopularCrow @lemmy.world

    New poll shows Harris within 5% in Texas

    www.270towin.com /2024-presidential-election-polls/texas
  • aww @lemmy.world
    UnpopularCrow @lemmy.world

    My puppy named Quark! Sometimes charming and sometimes strange.

  • Technology @lemmy.world
    UnpopularCrow @lemmy.world

    Possible leak of sensitive Chinese cyber security documents

    cybernews.com /news/github-leak-exposes-chinese-cyber-ops/
  • cybersecurity @infosec.pub
    UnpopularCrow @lemmy.world

    Possible leak of sensitive Chinese cyber security documents

    cybernews.com /news/github-leak-exposes-chinese-cyber-ops/
  • 196 @lemmy.blahaj.zone
    UnpopularCrow @lemmy.world

    Found this in my college sociology book (Henslin 2007)

  • Privacy @lemmy.ml
    UnpopularCrow @lemmy.world

    The company Intellexa is working with ISPs to use Predator spyware

    www.darkreading.com /endpoint/operation-behind-predator-mobile-spyware-industrial-scale
  • cybersecurity @infosec.pub
    UnpopularCrow @lemmy.world

    Backdoor in Radio Systems found used by critical infrastructure found

    www.wired.com /story/tetra-radio-encryption-backdoor/