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Is Higher Ed Doomed? (Part I): Driving off a cliff near you, the state-run university (via Paul Kiser’s Blog)

On By southwerkIn business ethics1 Comment

This Part 1 is the intriguing first shot across the bow to get our attention. It explains the developing crisis in state run universities.

What Kiser has said so far has definitely caught my interest. I’ve read this one and I’m looking for part 2.

This is going to be interesting. I think you will enjoy it as well. So, read this one and then catch the number 2 article when it comes. While you are at this, it might be a good idea to favorite the site. There might be a part three. Besides, you’d enjoy reading the site regularly. I do.

James Pilant

Is Higher Ed Doomed? (Part I): Driving off a cliff near you, the state-run university by Paul Kiser USA PDT [Twitter: ] [Facebook] [LinkedIn] [Skype:kiserrotary or 775.624.5679] Article first published as Is Higher Education Doomed (Part I): Driving Off a Cliff Near You – The State-Run University on Technorati.com Part I The average cost of a college degree is rapidly rising. In 2006, the annual average cost for tuition and fees at a state- … Read More

via Paul Kiser’s Blog

Academics on the Inside Job (via 21st Century Scholar)

On By southwerkIn business ethics

Can academics (professors) be co-opted by the corporate grants and consultancies? Academia is for most professors not a lucrative field. Beginning salaries of less than thirty thousand dollars are not unknown. My understanding is that the field of economics is considered by some authorities to be the most corrupted.

This posting offers insight into academic corruption as reported in the documentary, Inside Job. I liked what he has to say.

James Pilant

by Bill Tierney “Inside Job” is a well-done documentary about the collapse of the financial industry.  The movie is akin to Al Gore’s “Inconvenient Truth” in tone and style.  The movie is very serious and has little of the fun of a Michael Moore flick.  But the director and writers make a very difficult topic understandable to viewers who may not know their derivatives from their hedge funds. About two-thirds of the way through the movie, however … Read More

via 21st Century Scholar