[lbo-talk] Privatized Education Fraud: Stripping to Pay Tuition

[michael perelman]

Regarding credentialism, I made the point sometime earlier that a GOOD
student from Chico will get a better education than from a prestigious
university.  They will not get the benefit of as high a proportion of
really good students, but they will get far more attention from their
instructors.  Mark Thoma, who never took a class for me (perhaps that
is the reason for his success) is a nice example of what you can learn
in Chico.  Our department, however, is on life support.

On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 6:48 AM, Wojtek S <wsoko52 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> The most ironic aspect of it is that one can get good education at
> community or state colleges at a fraction of the price charged by
> "glamour" universities, but in the minds of the students it is the
> quality of the credentials, not of education, that will land them on
> lucrative jobs.  So blaming the school for graduates not getting jobs
> they hoped for is like blaming lottery ticket salesmen for selling
> "non-winning" tickets.

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Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA
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