University-of-Wales-abolished-after-visa-scandal

Discussion in 'General Distance Learning Discussions' started by warguns, Oct 23, 2011.

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  1. warguns

    warguns Member

  2. Cyber

    Cyber New Member

    This action goes to show the extent to which higher education quality/integrity is taken seriously in the UK, beyond just a money-making venture as it has become in the United States.
     
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  3. Bruce

    Bruce Moderator

    Wow.....if you sleep with dogs, you get fleas.
     
  4. ryoder

    ryoder New Member

    It will be interesting to see how the investigation unfolds and how high up the chain of command this government corruption goes.
     
  5. SteveFoerster

    SteveFoerster Resident Gadfly Staff Member

    The UK's been approving for-profit higher education initiatives recently. (Not that making money and providing quality education are incompatible, because they're not.)
     
  6. dl_mba

    dl_mba Member

  7. Woho

    Woho New Member

    Interesting stuff - it would be really interesting to understand how a state university went so far down hill without anyone able to stop it. For members of this forum the development does not really come as a surprise, so it is really strange why they didn't fix that issue earlier.
     
  8. Kizmet

    Kizmet Moderator

    It's a surprise only if your premise is that people are universally honest. My assumption is that money was changing hands. I have no evidence of this but let's face it, it's a theory that answers many key questions. Is there a better competing theory? Why else would a large international university system continue to adopt substandard universities and take them under their wing despite the clear evidence that they were substandard?

    No one will ever be arrested but I'll bet that there is a set of U of W former employees who will never see a penny of their pensions and they'll never work in academia again. It's the British way. Keep it quiet. No scandal. Or else.
     
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  9. John Bear

    John Bear Senior Member

    Bruce: "Wow.....if you sleep with dogs, you get fleas."

    John: Indeed. Now, since there are some one-time degree mills that actually shaped up and operate (or operated) legitimately -- LaSalle, for instance -- can we say that if you sleep with fleas, you get dogs?
     
  10. Kizmet

    Kizmet Moderator

  11. Kizmet

    Kizmet Moderator

    No, but you can say that you get flea-bite scars. Faint but detectable.
     
  12. ryoder

    ryoder New Member

    That would be nice, but government employees are typically not held accountable for their actions or the outcome of their actions. Take a look at Obama's Eric Holder for instance and his horrible record with the Fast and Furious deal. Most of the government employees in charge of this debacle have been promoted. The best way to get rid of a problem employee when they are a government employee is to promote them.

     
  13. Kizmet

    Kizmet Moderator

    I think your cynicism is well-earned. We've seen this all before.
     

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