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kcm11 | 15 years ago | on: Harvard Online Master’s Degree

That's fair -- perhaps most of the sentiments regarding "diluted brand" probably come from younger grads or current students who are less sure of themselves and have fewer real-world accomplishments to rest on.

kcm11 | 15 years ago | on: Harvard Online Master’s Degree

Mostly anecdotal, several of my friends have took classes through the program in high school. That's not to say that extension classes are trivial by any means.

kcm11 | 15 years ago | on: Harvard Online Master’s Degree

Like it or not, part of the value of a Harvard degree is the signaling effect it carries. The signaling effect is, in large part, due to the selectivity of the school and the coursework.

Put more directly... if the extension school has a 10x higher acceptance rate and has easier classes, then it is probably diluting the signaling effect a bit.

kcm11 | 15 years ago | on: Harvard Online Master’s Degree

There are much more effective ways of educating the world without charging thousands of dollars and handing out degrees (e.g. MIT's OCW program).

kcm11 | 15 years ago | on: Ask HN: my startup got acquisition interest, what's next?

Making the first offer can have a strong anchoring effect on the product's perceived value (to both parties).

Here's a good article on general negotiation from HBS: http://hbswk.hbs.edu/archive/4302.html