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Having a place to get an advanced education in a focused field of study is a fine thing, in principle.
Modern universities range from sub-optimal to counter-productive because we've allowed them to be infiltrated by subversives and useful idiots, whose primary goal is to push political agendas rather than provide education.
It's probably too far gone to fix, and the whole system will need to be replaced. But any replacement must be built in a way that actively and aggressively prevents that kind of infiltration. Otherwise, it will just end up the same.
Simply say that "your tragic backgrounds are not relevant, this is a meritocracy, so come prepared or don't come at all" and stop trying to magically undo socioeconomic disparity and instead focus entirely on the core mission of a university, which is to educate.
We need to develop a bit of hardness in the American spirit again. When someone craps out a sob story about how they ain't never got no breaks nohow, tell them "cool story bro, but the paper is still due Monday."
Universities are a financial loop scheme of government-guaranteed grants and programs propping up outrageously high tuition. They scratch each other's backs while plundering the taxpayers and students to keep the scam going. The money either comes from family life savings or from the taxpayers. Either way we're all getting fucked to pay for it.
It’s a shame that they destroyed universities. They’ve basically become a place where idiots go to hang out with some smart people and pay $100k to get a certificate that tells them they’re smart.
Universities need to go back to being merit based institutions having a focus on STEM fields.
I don't know that they ever focused exclusively on STEM. Sure, they debated better books back in the day, but there's always been a great deal of trivial discourse. University was also a place for bookish people who didn't need jobs to hang around and discuss whatever interested them.
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[–] verboten 0 points 16 points 16 points (+16|-0) ago
Raise Netflix fee?
[–] Glory_Beckons 0 points 10 points 10 points (+10|-0) ago
Having a place to get an advanced education in a focused field of study is a fine thing, in principle.
Modern universities range from sub-optimal to counter-productive because we've allowed them to be infiltrated by subversives and useful idiots, whose primary goal is to push political agendas rather than provide education.
It's probably too far gone to fix, and the whole system will need to be replaced. But any replacement must be built in a way that actively and aggressively prevents that kind of infiltration. Otherwise, it will just end up the same.
[–] FridayJones 0 points 6 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago
Simply say that "your tragic backgrounds are not relevant, this is a meritocracy, so come prepared or don't come at all" and stop trying to magically undo socioeconomic disparity and instead focus entirely on the core mission of a university, which is to educate.
We need to develop a bit of hardness in the American spirit again. When someone craps out a sob story about how they ain't never got no breaks nohow, tell them "cool story bro, but the paper is still due Monday."
[–] Broc_Lia ago
Sure, training is useful, but universities aren't the only available method of doing that.
[–] ketoll 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
Universities are a financial loop scheme of government-guaranteed grants and programs propping up outrageously high tuition. They scratch each other's backs while plundering the taxpayers and students to keep the scam going. The money either comes from family life savings or from the taxpayers. Either way we're all getting fucked to pay for it.
[–] NoApologyTour 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
It’s a shame that they destroyed universities. They’ve basically become a place where idiots go to hang out with some smart people and pay $100k to get a certificate that tells them they’re smart.
Universities need to go back to being merit based institutions having a focus on STEM fields.
[–] bonghits4jeebus 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I don't know that they ever focused exclusively on STEM. Sure, they debated better books back in the day, but there's always been a great deal of trivial discourse. University was also a place for bookish people who didn't need jobs to hang around and discuss whatever interested them.