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Thursday, May 16, 2019

Smart Ways to Make College Cheaper and Better

Distinguished professor emeritus of economics at Ohio University Richard Vedder’s new book “Restoring the Promise,” published by the Independent Institute based in Oakland, California, is about the crisis in higher education.

He summarizes the three major problems faced by America’s colleges and universities.

First, our universities “are vastly too expensive, often costing twice as much per student compared with institutions in other industrialized democracies.”

Second, though there are some important exceptions, students “on average are learning relatively little, spend little time in academic preparation and in some disciplines are indoctrinated by highly subjective ideology.”

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7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Become an electrician or plumber.

Anonymous said...

Combine it with mandatory Military duty. The present youth of America are fit for little else than pregnancy and jail.

Rebel Without a Clue said...

Cut out the BS classes and focus on those that will actually teach the students something useful. They can pay a separate payment for the "gender studies" type classes.

Anonymous said...

Great idea. Other countries do.

Anonymous said...

Don't go.

Anonymous said...

Make it an investment for all involved, with returns for all involved.

Anonymous said...

Highly subjective ideology indeed. A polite way to say indoctrination by frothing at the mouth resident of Bedlam