Follow-up to for-profit higher ed
James Spinti <[email protected]>
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A follow-up to June’s Huff Post link from yesterday. It might be behind a paywall for some (sorry): https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.timeshighereducation.com%2Ffeatures%2Fdo-profit-institutions-have-students-best-interests-heart&data=02%7C01%7CCLASSICS-L%40lsv.uky.edu%7C05d4f9ff9a334b4fe41308d6b90f2e86%7C2b30530b69b64457b818481cb53d42ae%7C0%7C0%7C636899872189561254&sdata=T9b4Lmix8efrQtnlHCEp0QAl38kNSlap8IceyJGUwqU%3D&reserved=0 More sympathetic to for-profits than I am, that’s for sure! A couple of paragraphs jumped out at me: According to Success Education Colleges’ Fuerst, government financing of the liberal arts is “ridiculous – institutions are not there to train people to be people. They’re there to give people higher education to get them a better job.” Shrinking enrolments in those subjects, Fuerst continues, attests to the fact that many students agree with him. His view broadly reflects the attitude of the Trump administration, which has threatened to take the gainful employment concept that the Obama administration imposed on for-profit colleges and apply it to all higher education institutions. —— Can I say, “Short-sighted idea”? But it does produce consumers, and that’s what they want. Informed citizens might be able to see through their smoke and mirrors. But this one is the scariest: And the nation’s top lobbyist for traditional higher education, Terry W. Hartle of the American Council on Education, is confident that his member institutions can reap the advantages of for-profit alliances without causing harm to their missions. Once for-profits become part of a larger institution, says Hartle, the council’s senior vice-president for government and public affairs, “they will have to incorporate themselves into the culture of that school”. ———— Right! And how has that ever worked out in reality? The monster always eats the naive person who thinks that! It’s already consuming tenure-track positions and using adjuncts everywhere… OK, color me old and cynical! James _______________________ James Spinti Proofreading and copyediting of ancient Near Eastern and biblical studies monographs E-mail: jdspinti at gmail dot com Phone: 260-445-3118 1835 South Park St Red Wing MN 55066