The article is here. http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304899704579391513428597546
Here is my comment.
“I am a former professor. Far too many universities cater to their naive and
uneducated customers – once quiantly called “students”. They do this even when
it means NOT educating them – just fooling them into believing they are getting
the education they need.
This new strategy by some schools is a breath
of fresh air. On my blog www.inside-higher-ed.com, I rank schools by their performance
in producing graduates who go on to get a Ph.D. in a STEM field (A link is on
the left side of my homepage.). Kalamazoo ranked number 25. Some highly ranked
US News schools do not even make the top 50. I believe that this ranking shows
something about the schools as a whole. Integrity starts at the top, and, when a
lack of it raises its ugly face, it becomes refrlected everywhere.
If
anyone wants to see for themselves just how blatant administrators can be, even
at a place like Washington University in St, Louis where I taught, read “A Tale
Out of School – A Case Study in Higher Education” on my blog. You will be
surprised and probably stunned, too.”
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