I have lost confidence in the western university system. Too much high exorbitant fees, with no future prospects but debt, so I have taken it myself to learn online via open courses.
In UK universities there is a daily erosion of integrity
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#12It would be nice to see some STEM-affirmative universities without any x-studies leaching. Professional complainer is a viable career path these days and it starts at uni.
Listening to Jonathan Haidt its pretty scary stuff.
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#13I have lost confidence in the western university system. Too much high exorbitant fees, with no future prospects but debt, so I have taken it myself to learn online via open courses.
Not all of West has it this way. US and UK yes, but rest of EU mostly has free college in same or higher quality.
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#14There's also the issue of what has happened now that students have to pay through the nose for courses. They are now customers who expect high grades for their fees. This has certainly changed the dynamic with regard to rigorous marking in some areas
I can't help feeling we would be better off if responsibility for grading was taken away from universities as it is for A levels and GCSEs. There are some problems with that but I suspect they would be outweighed by the benefits.
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#15I have lost confidence in the western university system. Too much high exorbitant fees, with no future prospects but debt, so I have taken it myself to learn online via open courses.
Why? I live in the west (continental Europe) and you can attend a good university for free here. The state pays your tuition.
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#16I have lost confidence in the western university system. Too much high exorbitant fees, with no future prospects but debt, so I have taken it myself to learn online via open courses.
Not all of West has it this way. US and UK yes, but rest of EU mostly has free college in same or higher quality.
US, UK, Australia, not sure about south africa. I will be eyeing on EU.
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#17I have lost confidence in the western university system. Too much high exorbitant fees, with no future prospects but debt, so I have taken it myself to learn online via open courses.
Exorbitant fees are more typical of british and american universities, but not of the whole western university system.
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#18It's very disingenuous of the author not to mention free speech issues, the massive administrations that are run by radical left-leaning activists essentially, and pseudoscience like gender studies or gender studies.
I agree otherwise
Re: In UK universities there is a daily erosion of integrity
#19It would be nice to see some STEM-affirmative universities without any x-studies leaching. Professional complainer is a viable career path these days and it starts at uni.
Listening to Jonathan Haidt its pretty scary stuff. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IBegL_V6AA
Listening to Jonathan Haidt its pretty scary stuff.
Don't listen to it then.
By the way the, UK isn't the same as the US, our problems aren't necessarily the same as yours.
Re: In UK universities there is a daily erosion of integrity
#20It's very disingenuous of the author not to mention free speech issues, the massive administrations that are run by radical left-leaning activists essentially, and pseudoscience like gender studies or gender studies. I agree otherwise
> the massive administrations that are run by radical left-leaning activists essentially
Name one of these people and provide an example [2 marks]