[EMAIL PROTECTED] schreef:
> In a message dated 7/21/01 4:23:05 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
>
> <<
> And who guarantees that students aren't just taken for their cash and end up
> with a lousy education? In other words who guarantees the level of education
> a
> student gets at such a newly founded private institution? I find a private
> university, without *any* form of government interference, a rather scary
> thought. Especially in health sciences.
> >>
> Well in the context of professions (doctors lawyers social workers you name
> it) there are tests that must be taken in order to practice your profession.
> Professional schools are required to meet certain standards in order to
> become acredited. You guys have a very weird notion of what life is like in
> the US. Private does not mean unregulated and uncontrolled. It is just that
> the regulatory agencies may not be governmental. For instance the much hated
> American Medical Association is the parent institution for many of the
> medical regulatory organizations and yet these organizations function
> indepedent of the AMA. They are not of course non-political but they are
> independent.
So private education in the US is actually regulated. That was not clear to me.
Private eduction in the Netherlands can mean that the education is actually not
regulated at all by the government or anybody else. Therefor diplomas can be
entirely fictive and worth nothing. It is however possible for a private
institution to get its diplomas recognised by the government. In order for that
to happen a certain standard of eduction has to be met. Who the regulatory body
advising the government is, depends on the profession.
One thing that is different however is that since the Netherlands is a very small
country, and eduction is intended to be accesible to everybody, for most
professions, education is largely not a profitable business.
On the other hand, lately universities are starting cautious ventures into the
open market as well (that, considering the cost, mostly are only accessible to
the wealthy or to busines people). Mostly those educations are for 'desk'
profession.
Is it true that the US eduction system for a higher (e.g. university) education
is expensive and thereby not open to all?
How does the level of cost and education of public schools compare to that of
private schools? And more over, do you have a real chance in the ever increasing
competition for jobs if you have gone through public schooling?
Just asking this, since I haven't got a clue. :o)
Sonja
