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2019-04-04 Home Front: Culture Wars

The Admission Scam Is Another Reason To Destroy Academia As We Know It

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Posted by Besoeker 2019-04-04 01:52|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 Funding should be neutral, if not paid back AND the enrolled should earn more than those who didn't go PLUS the interest on graduating.

If they do not hit these figures the degree credentialling place should eat the cost.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2019-04-04 08:36|| 2019-04-04 08:36|| Front Page Top

#2 Make the colleges 100% liable for student loans in case of a default. I believe Trump proposed something like that, at least partially.

If I had to do it over again in this environment, I'd punt and probably take up being an electrician.

Posted by Raj 2019-04-04 08:49|| 2019-04-04 08:49|| Front Page Top

#3 I guess she needed a break from her work carrying on Dr. Hawking’s particle physics research.

Posted by Bobby 2019-04-04 09:05|| 2019-04-04 09:05|| Front Page Top

#4 Worth remembering. Guess what the median grade at Harvard is. Go on, guess. Our most rigorous school, right? It should be really hard, right? Lots of “C” and “B” grades because of said rigor, right?

It’s an “A-.” The median grade at Harvard is an “A-,” which is supposed to be “outstanding.” But a Harvard A- is not “outstanding.” It is the default. Think about it. Half the grades at Harvard are “A-” or above. Would you give our ruling class an “A-”?

Posted by Bobby 2019-04-04 09:15|| 2019-04-04 09:15|| Front Page Top

#5 What has happened to universities over the years is infuriating. There is far to much government influence in universities from phony admission scams to phony research schemes. Government regulations, political agendas and money taint the universities.

Otherwise, what Raj said about becoming an electrician (except unions often taint this profession too).

Posted by JohnQC 2019-04-04 10:02|| 2019-04-04 10:02|| Front Page Top

#6 There's always the 2-yr vocational college option. Hillsdale College is another good option.

Posted by JohnQC 2019-04-04 10:42|| 2019-04-04 10:42|| Front Page Top

#7 I'd have setup an alternative credentialling system for IT, then got other proper trades to join in.

Teach the theory, show why it's useful in business, hint at some of the "art" it leads to.

There's a beauty to a nicely written program, that most artists cannot even begin to comprehend.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2019-04-04 12:36|| 2019-04-04 12:36|| Front Page Top

#8 Been there done that.

First after graduation I worked for Social Security with my Poli Sci degree, lasted 1 year before I left screaming for the wilderness and became a nail banger. 6 years later Jimmuh tanked the economy so I went to Control Data Institute and became a programmer, 30 plus years later I retired to a pretty comfortable life.

Back in the 60's - 70's college wasn't the financial chasm it is today so I don't really resent the cost. I did learn a few good things.

Posted by AlanC 2019-04-04 14:32|| 2019-04-04 14:32|| Front Page Top

#9 Just think if you'd learned set theory. why RDB's are done the way they are. Formal logic, discrete maths. All the foundations you can work IT art around when architecting.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2019-04-04 16:10|| 2019-04-04 16:10|| Front Page Top

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