Ninja Rants and Raves

Thanks once again to the eagle eyes of DC’s Improbable Science, here is his article on the sham degrees that Westminster University is awarding. As DC goes on to explain, this isn’t the only university that is involved in such shambolic practices. And this isn’t just the abuse of science’s good name. I’d call it rape.

I bet Westminster University and other universities engaged in such degrees aren’t the least ashamed. They’re getting lots of money for these Mickey Mouse degrees. My ideas that univesities are there to educate seem to be old fashioned. I despair at the education system sometimes.

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Well, it seems that certain forms of partnerships between universities and business can result in universities becoming corrupt both in the USA and the UK. It’s greed…pure and simple. However, I’m still clinging to my romantic notion that universities are there to educate, inspire and lead and that they’re doing so to a large extent. But then again I see that there are a lot of Mickey Mouse degrees these days with greed being the root cause.

Further information is found at The Corporate Corruption of Higher Education: part 1 and The Corporate Corruption of Higher Education: part 2.

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