DePaul's Ph.D. in Value-Creating Educ for Global Citizenship

Discussion in 'Education, Teaching and related degrees' started by chrisjm18, Jul 6, 2022.

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  1. chrisjm18

    chrisjm18 Well-Known Member

  2. SteveFoerster

    SteveFoerster Resident Gadfly Staff Member

    Let's see...
    • Global Citizenship
    • Climate Change
    • Injustice
    • Inequality
    • "Access to"
    • UNESCO
    • Sustainable Development Goals
    The description reads like an academic leftism Bingo card. But then I suppose at least that way people will know what they're really getting for their $49K.
     
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  3. Dustin

    Dustin Well-Known Member

    Soka might be Japanese for value creation but it makes me think of the Sokal affair. Not the best word association. I would assume at first glance that the academic study of value creation would be housed in a school of business (rather than education), but they seem to be focused on social value, or more intangibles with topics like peacebuilding and "imaginative empathy and courageous action", whatever those are. It's not really clear who the audience for this program is.
     
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  4. Johann

    Johann Well-Known Member

    Hmmm - "imaginative empathy and courageous action." Perhaps Protestors, who are taught to demonstrate in a highly dignified, cultured manner? :rolleyes: Maybe US could have used this on Jan 6.
     
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  5. Asymptote

    Asymptote Active Member

    Lots of murders every week in Chicago, where this school is located. Will this expensive degree curb that tide?
     
  6. Johann

    Johann Well-Known Member

    I say NO - and I can't figure out what it WILL do. Here's what was said about the first graduation in the Master's program in this discipline - 2020.
    https://ikedainstitute.com/2020/09/24/vce-graduation-2020/ Seems buzzword-heavy and as hard to grab as smoke. Lacks specifics.

    All sweetness and light. The sort of article that might be dangerous for diabetics to read. :(
     
  7. Rich Douglas

    Rich Douglas Well-Known Member

    If you took the political spectrum, from whatever is "far left" to whatever is "far right," then distributed the population of the US over it, I don't think you'd get a perfect bell curve.
     
  8. Rich Douglas

    Rich Douglas Well-Known Member

    Chicago is a huge city.
     
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  9. Johann

    Johann Well-Known Member

    That doesn't explain it -AT ALL.

    2021 figures:


    Toronto Canada
    - pop 2.93 million. 84 murders
    Chicago IL - pop. 2.699 million. 800 murders. Less people, almost 10 times (!) the murders. WTF! :(

    2021 - Chicago had more murders than any other city in US, including NYC and LA.

    Sources: Chicago Tribune, Toronto Star.
     
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  10. Johann

    Johann Well-Known Member

    And NYC and LA are around 18.8 million and 12.7 million respectively. Chicago - 2.7 million
    "Goin' to Chicago -- sorry, but I can't take you." WHY WOULD ANYONE? :(
    (Apologies to Count Basie)
     
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  11. chrisjm18

    chrisjm18 Well-Known Member

    Because everyone isn't a coward. A lot of people do their research and decide the "best" parts of Chicago live, work or visit.

    Best - each person's subjective opinion
     
  12. Johann

    Johann Well-Known Member

    There's cowardice - and there's self-preservation. I prefer to do the math. So far, it's worked. I'm here - not a statistic. Those numbers are awful! Hard to contradict those.
     
  13. Rich Douglas

    Rich Douglas Well-Known Member

    Comparing a Canadian city to a US city regarding violence is a bit of apples vs. oranges, isn't it? I would expect that kind of outcome.

    On the other hand, comparing Chicago to other US cities seems quite apt.
     
  14. Johann

    Johann Well-Known Member

    Indeed. I wonder why that outcome is so different? :rolleyes:
     
  15. chrisjm18

    chrisjm18 Well-Known Member

    I'm here too. Not a statistic. Been to Chicago, New Orleans, NYC, Philadelphia and other cities deemed "bad." I've also been to countries where the State Department says we should reconsider.

    Life begins when fear ends.
    ...But to each their own.
     
  16. SteveFoerster

    SteveFoerster Resident Gadfly Staff Member

    Be careful what you wish for. Apparently Houston and Chicago are similar in population, demographics, median income, etc., but differ only in that (1) Houston's legislation is much more conducive to gun ownership, and (2) Chicago has three times the murders per capita.
     
  17. Johann

    Johann Well-Known Member

    Indeed. You do you - I do me. And I wish you a long and happy life. Seriously.
     
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