tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post7808934374755189773..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: From Strelnikov. On College Debt.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-41706015536411677322013-10-28T10:24:08.761-04:002013-10-28T10:24:08.761-04:00Thanks for this article, Strel. I've been off...Thanks for this article, Strel. I've been offline but just took some time to catch up (although I did not read whatever happened on Sunday!).<br /><br />I feel very sad that the current generation will grow up unable to buy a house or live a "normal" middle class life because they chose....yes chose, in many cases, to incur debt they have no plan for paying back. If more students Bellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15686242633678466958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-82258768323473027912013-10-26T13:19:48.427-04:002013-10-26T13:19:48.427-04:00I'm more familiar with the situation in German...I'm more familiar with the situation in Germany, where indeed, increasingly, upper-division courses are taught in English (often by non-German profs, including American), mainly in the interest of intra-EU accessibility. As far as I know, there is no "special tuition" for Americans. Once admitted, they pay the same fees (nominal by our standards) as everyone else.<br /><br />Maybe Peter Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00754472537710161295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-82023727879009056432013-10-26T11:04:42.684-04:002013-10-26T11:04:42.684-04:00Of course, it would help to speak German, Portugue...Of course, it would help to speak German, Portuguese, Korean or Chinese to get your education for free someplace like that. But I understand they are offering more and more courses in English for foreigners - and charging them "out-of-country" tuition. Suzy from Square Statehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03085856052108645578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-3726710953000542052013-10-26T10:35:00.890-04:002013-10-26T10:35:00.890-04:00It's a long article, and the author understand...It's a long article, and the author understands it will have little to no impact. <br /><br />I doubt there will be a "breaking point" leading to major, sudden changes in American higher ed. We'll see maybe minor adjustments in the student loan industry, or greater acceptance of intro subjects taken online. Maybe. And the "adjunctification" of the faculty will continuePeter Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00754472537710161295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-50362844277993144132013-10-25T20:58:56.591-04:002013-10-25T20:58:56.591-04:00That is some high-grade smackdown.
"Better t...That is some high-grade smackdown.<br /><br />"Better to be known for “vibrant” architecture, I guess, than for some old-fashioned nonsense about uplifting the non-wealthy."<br /><br />AlasRosencrantz Andor Guildensternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05095512139776536635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-58059766049595971152013-10-25T15:48:21.886-04:002013-10-25T15:48:21.886-04:00Here's where Bubba's avatar comes in. We&#...Here's where Bubba's avatar comes in. We're just the cowboys in that big ol' Uni round-up.<br /><br />Or, if you like your metaphors a little less romantic, we need an Upton Sinclair for the academic world. We're the slaughterhouse workers, not paid enough to eat the porterhouses we slice off.introvert.profhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09042783611716432247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-47985927974428989862013-10-25T13:35:47.374-04:002013-10-25T13:35:47.374-04:00Sounds like a pretty accurate picture to me. I see...Sounds like a pretty accurate picture to me. I seem to remember some growsing when this first came out that Ginsberg's <i>Fall of the Faculty</i> (to which this author refers) is unfair/inaccurate in its portrait of the reasons for the huge growth in administration, but I'm not sure that's the central point (though cutting administration is certainly one solution I'd be happy to Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.com