“The profit per boy is £40.” The utterance conjured Dickensian visions of a calculatingly finger-licking Fagan, or a pitiless mill owner, or even a slave-marketeer, prodding the muscles of small merchandise and critically examining their teeth. But the independent-school headmaster, from whose lips I heard the pronouncement more than 40 years ago, was not talking […] … learn more→
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Profit must not pervert education
The uncertain future of US for-profit higher education under Trump
The election of Donald Trump as the 45th President of the United States has led to a gathering cloud of questions about the direction of US government policy. Among these questions are some that concern the fate of America’s for-profit higher education sector. The for-profit sector has had an increasingly high profile in US political […] … learn more→
Unaccredited schools doing what our Colleges will not
While our institutions of higher education are failing so badly that even Starbucks is setting up schools for its employees, new “bootcamp” schools are opening up to teach actual relevant job skills to our college graduates. What’s happened? Wayyyy back in the past, a university education and degree was a big deal. To get one, […] … learn more→
