| Online universities offer students an opportunity to | | | | engineer, you tend to spend a lot of time with other |
| complete a university degree program while they | | | | software engineers. If you are a lawyer, you tend to |
| work full time. Many of online university degrees are | | | | spend a lot of time with other lawyers. You tend to |
| accredited; many of them are offered by traditional | | | | hear only one set of perspectives once you start |
| universities such as University of Massachusetts | | | | working. |
| schools, so they are as marketable as traditional | | | | Lastly, whether you'd like to believe or not, there are |
| university degrees (i.e., university degrees that | | | | classes in the society; more specifically, there are |
| student obtain while they attend physical classrooms) | | | | classes divided by income. It's a sad reality, but it is a |
| when university graduates seek employment | | | | reality. It is unlikely that you have a friend who |
| opportunities. However, there are certain things that | | | | works as a janitor once you become a hedge fund |
| you cannot learn in any online university; in specific, | | | | manager and start making half a million dollars a year. |
| you cannot really learn perspectives that many | | | | It is also unlikely that you have a fortune 500 CEO |
| different people have in any online university. | | | | friend if you decide to open up a video store and |
| Traditional university's campus is a very diversified | | | | become your own boss (and not own any other |
| place; the campus is diversified ethnically, culturally | | | | store). However, you and your friends are more or |
| and economically. University campus is 'diversified | | | | less equal in university. For example, even if your |
| ethnically'; this is self-explanatory. There are African | | | | friend's father is Microsoft's executive and you work |
| Americans, Asian Americans, Hispanics, Whites and | | | | two jobs to pay tuition, your friend and you get |
| foreign students. 'Culturally diversified' means that | | | | same assignments; it is highly unlikely that your friend |
| fellow students go pursue many different careers | | | | gets a higher score simply because his father makes |
| after they graduate. 'Economically diversified' is also | | | | millions of dollars a year. Your other friend might drive |
| self-explanatory; some are born rich while others | | | | Mercedes and you might just ride a bicycle. There is |
| work a couple of different jobs to pay tuition. Some | | | | no reason why you cannot get straight As while your |
| have parents who make millions of dollars while | | | | friend gets B- average. Meeting people in different |
| others might not even have a single parent who has | | | | classes is another way to get different perspectives, |
| a descent job. | | | | and going to a traditional university gives you this |
| Ethnical boundaries in US are becoming weaker | | | | unique opportunity. |
| slowly; however, ethnical boundaries are still rather | | | | Some may argue that online campus does not |
| visible in US. For example, you can clearly recognize | | | | discriminate students, and thus, you can interact with |
| African American community in Los Angeles. You can | | | | different people. This is true to a certain extent, but |
| clearly recognize Chinatown in San Francisco. You can | | | | meeting people face-to-face is totally different from |
| also recognize that a part of New York has increasing | | | | meeting people online. Also what you can learn from |
| Korean population. So, chances are you grow up | | | | people online is totally different from what you can |
| inside an ethnical boundary up until you finish school. | | | | learn from people whom you meet face-to-face. I |
| Though you can identify that some students stay | | | | actually host a website about online education, and I |
| with those of the same ethnical groups in a typical | | | | am certainly not devaluing online education, online |
| university campus, boundaries are blur. | | | | university or online university degree. However, |
| If you attend one of major universities that offer | | | | getting a university degree is a big investment in |
| dozens of degree programs, you get to meet those | | | | terms of time and money. It can also make a huge |
| who study different subjects such as engineering, | | | | difference in your life, so it should not be taken |
| literature, chemistry, political science, mathematics | | | | lightly. You should make a well-informed decision. The |
| and business. You can certainly learn about all these | | | | point of this article is to inform you of one of major |
| subjects by reading books and watching online | | | | advantages of getting a university degree at a |
| lectures, but talking with them and hearing their | | | | traditional university. I highly recommend that you get |
| perspectives is a totally different experience. This is | | | | as much information as you can and make an |
| actually a rare opportunity. Once you start working, | | | | informed decision whether you decide to study |
| you tend to spend most of your time with those | | | | online, you decide to attend a traditional university or |
| who work in your field. If you are a software | | | | else. |