Alas, we have already seen how this goes -- a classic case of unintended consequences.
They think that the new rating system will make schools (i.e., professors) work even harder (because, it is assumed, we have been slacking off somehow on these issues... ) to ensure that (the same pool of students we currently have) graduate, get employed, and pay off their loans. What in fact will happen (this is a prediction; write it down and check back in five years), however, is that schools will become (even more) averse to admitting "risky" students (those who, because of their socio-economic backgrounds, are historically less likely to graduate, get employed, and pay back their loans) because they endanger the school's future "rating." That is to say, rather than getting an education more focused on their employment prospects (the intent), this new system will instead just make it even MORE difficult for those who are already poor and who were ill-served by the public school system to get even the chance they have at present to obtain the education they need to get ahead in life. It is a recipe for creating an (even larger) under-educated, impoverished underclass of minimum-wage workers, trapped at the station where they were born, with even fewer realistic pathways up and out. It is a shame. Chris --- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada [email protected] http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ ========================= On 2013-08-22, at 11:53 AM, Wuensch, Karl L wrote: > > > > > > > “It is time to stop subsidizing schools that are not producing good results.” > J > > “Good results” means graduation, employment, and pay-back of loans. > > I expect universities will be evaluating departments in the same way. Who > pays her loans back more reliably – the graduate with a degree in management > information systems or the one with a degree in psychology? > > Cheers, > <image001.jpg> > Karl L. Wuensch, Professor and ECU Scholar/Teacher, Dept. of Psychology > East Carolina University, Greenville NC 27858-4353, USA, Earth > Voice: 252-328-9420 Fax: 252-328-6283 > http://core.ecu.edu/psyc/wuenschk/klw.htm > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62bd92&n=T&l=tips&o=27245 > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > > or send a blank email to > leave-27245-430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62b...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > > > > > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=27246 or send a blank email to leave-27246-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
