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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ReplyDeleteCombine it with mandatory Military duty. The present youth of America are fit for little else than pregnancy and jail.
ReplyDeleteGreat idea. Other countries do.
DeleteCut 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.
ReplyDeleteDon't go.
ReplyDeleteMake it an investment for all involved, with returns for all involved.
ReplyDeleteHighly subjective ideology indeed. A polite way to say indoctrination by frothing at the mouth resident of Bedlam
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