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re: Size of each SEC schools enrollment

Posted on 7/3/12 at 10:24 pm to
Posted by rpg37
Ocean Springs, MS
Member since Sep 2008
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Posted on 7/3/12 at 10:24 pm to
I feel schools are getting too large. It's just glorified HS. I taught at Miss. State and I just wonder how the hell so many got into college. Have the standards lowered? It's just too easy to get in. Schools are going into teaching the masses for an easy buck. So many Frosh classes are in huge setting (100+) and online: it's embarrassing.
Posted by theGarnetWay
Washington, D.C.
Member since Mar 2010
25920 posts
Posted on 7/3/12 at 10:28 pm to
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Schools are going into teaching the masses for an easy buck. So many Frosh classes are in huge setting (100+) and online: it's embarrassing.



I think the counter to that would be that in poor states (like a MS or an SC) that there is a legit effort by Universities to educate as much of the population as they can. In by doing so the more educated the population the better return the state and consequently the University has on its investment long term.

Posted by SunHog
Illinois
Member since Jan 2011
9202 posts
Posted on 7/3/12 at 10:33 pm to
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I feel schools are getting too large. It's just glorified HS. I taught at Miss. State and I just wonder how the hell so many got into college. Have the standards lowered? It's just too easy to get in. Schools are going into teaching the masses for an easy buck. So many Frosh classes are in huge setting (100+) and online: it's embarrassing.



Education bubble. It's no different than the housing bubble with the government pushing it. Separate topic for sure but relevant.

All we are doing is now making hard working educated kids spend more to get a Master's to set themselves apart from those who don't even deserve a Bachelor's degree.

Bachelor's have now become a high school diploma except the government isn't paying for the vast majority.


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and online:


If google has their way you'll be taking online classes with 500 students for each class. Lots of heavy debate about this subject. You reach the masses at a much cheaper cost but you provide zero hands on experience in a smaller learning environment. Great Forbes article on the subject.

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