10/09/2006

Outsourcing college professors and their insane wages: U.S. News has a reasonably thorough list of on line educational opportunities. It is estimated that almost three million people are pursuing their advanced education on line. Face it, we have allowed colleges to raise their tuition fees to outrageous heights with no "studies" or oversight. Joke courses proliferate, attendence for these jokes is low (most kids want a real education); phony teachers evaluate equally phony thesis papers and Ph.D. requirements (frequently PC standards apply); far too many so-called teachers never enter a classroom, preferring to turn over their classes to TAs; and countless other devices that have sent advanced education fees into the clouds. I'm in a pretty large office right now and I know of at least ten young people who say they are studying on line. But here come the lawsuits; it seems these E Learning places want to make a lot of bucks too, but don't want any competition.

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