If, as would happen should this act of insanity be passed, one could simply dream up any curriculum and award degrees of any sort, the value of any Texas institution's degree program not funded by the State would be suspect. Of course the Libertarian in me might be inclined to ask why Acme Bible College shouldn't be able to confer a Doctor of Divinity on anyone they please according to their organized delusions, but not Bachelor, or Master or Doctor of Science. Thinking back to the mid 19th century however, when one could attend Acme Medical College with an unregulated, unexamined course of study and emerge with black bag and scalpel to treat the unsuspecting populace, I have to take pause.
What would the result really be if any charlatan could establish a school and anoint its graduates with advanced degrees in science with no other education but a literal interpretation of Bible Stories for Children? An extra headache for those institutions and companies hiring
physicists, geologists and such perhaps. An opportunity for me.Fogg University of Christian Knowledge. It has a certain acronymical appeal, you have to admit, although Fogg U would be shorter and easier to remember for the kind of students it might attract. Prerequisites? What are you, some kind of Commieliberal intrusive government type?
Let market forces determine the value of unaccredited education, but for you, if you call in the next ten minutes, you can call yourself a Master of Science for $49.95 plus shipping, handling and framing charges. But wait, there's more -- the first 50 callers get a free Sham-Wow with the logo of our sham university on it. You getting this, camera guy?
Put your money in lobbying its a better investment
ReplyDeleteEducation Default Swaps ... the next frontier!
ReplyDeleteToo late, I've already got the diplomas and the sweat shirts for Fogg U printed up.
ReplyDeleteAnd yes, FIG is already in the education default swap game. If your kid flunks out of Fogg U, you get your tuition back. Safe game since we don't flunk anyone (unless the check bounces)
When do we Swash Zoners get our bonuses?
ReplyDeleteI want to start a school of Phrenotherapy.
ReplyDeletePhrenology, of course, is the study of bumps on the head and their association with certain behaviors.
Phrenotherapy is the correction of those behaviors with the judicious application of a mallet.
Shockingly, I have been kicked out of four hospitals for attempting to treat patients with this technique. THE MAN just doesn't want competition!
Here is a question for the educational elites...
ReplyDeleteWe have classes that high school students can take to earn credit for college and yet now it takes five years to get a college degree.
Why is that?
I should point out that the three best teachers I have had weren't really teachers and only found employment as such because I attended private schools. One was a petroleum geologist and the High school registrar who persuaded them that a course in geology was a good idea. It was.
ReplyDeleteThe next was a chemist who retired quite young with a lot of money and decided to teach. He was terrific.
The last was a college registrar with a doctorate in Math who got tired of registraring and started to teach. A superb teacher.
All had one thing in common: their subjects were their passion. That kind of passion is communicable and once you instill a passion for something, you've made an airhead hoodlum into a scholar even if the results don't translate into grades.