An old friend of mine, who taught political science for 25 years at the University of Colorado, was known to tell his students that the real reason they were there was to marry people from the right social class.
— Read on mises.org/wire/college-education-has-little-do-education
Federal prosecutors indicted fifty people yesterday for college admissions fraud at several elite institutions, including Georgetown, Stanford, and Yale. Serious discussion of how college admissions procedures foster inequality is long overdue.
— Read on www.nakedcapitalism.com/2019/03/another-way-rich-get-richer-us-indicts-fifty-college-admissions-fraud.html
An in depth view of one thing that is very wrong in America.
A female supporter of Bernie Sanders is advertising on Twitter the fact that she went 226,000 in debt to get a college degree in speech pathology. Those who posted the video apparently believe that this ought to be interpreted as a convincing example of how hard it is to pay for college these days.
— Read on mises.org/power-market/no-you-dont-need-200k-college-degree
The BBC’s diversity scaremongering – UnHerd
— Read on unherd.com/2019/02/the-bbcs-diversity-scaremongering/
I suspect that this young woman was intimidated by the prospect of failure at such an opportunity. The failure rate among students in diversity centered admittance programs is very high.
It is crucial that students learn not only carpentry, plumbing, and the like, but also receive training in newer fields like the allied health professions, cybersecurity, and information technology.
— Read on www.takimag.com/article/rethinking-the-college-education-racket/
Well said
The demonization of Ken Mayer exemplifies how the ‘campus craziness’ narrative is created — and lays bare the cynical opportunism at its core.
— Read on heterodoxacademy.org/academic-freedom-campus-craziness/
Good read on the low road in higher education
The academic scholar, along with the great teacher, is vanishing from the faculties of the universities. Specialists occupy the places that they leave. The first victims of this process are the students.
— Read on mises.org/wire/decline-scholar-and-decline-academia
