National Open University of Nigeria

Discussion in 'General Distance Learning Discussions' started by Michael Burgos, Dec 11, 2021.

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  1. SteveFoerster

    SteveFoerster Resident Gadfly Staff Member

    Quartz has a paywall, but the reason is the same as it is everywhere else in the developing world: The Chinese curry favor with policymakers in developing countries by letting them hand out full ride scholarships to people from that country.
     
    SteveFoerster, Dec 17, 2021
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  2. SteveFoerster

    SteveFoerster Resident Gadfly Staff Member

    At a more basic level, many people in wealthy countries look down on any institution in lower income countries whether they actually know the first thing about those countries or not. But as you said, while many of the flags will not be fair, life is not fair.
     
    SteveFoerster, Dec 17, 2021
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  3. mintaru

    mintaru Active Member

    Wait, quartz has a paywall? That's news to me. I never noticed that (including right now), but it is of course possible that the reason happens to be my German IP address.
    Unfortunately that is very true. For example, most Germans look down on Eastern European schools. However, there is one notable exception: Russia. Russian universities have a fairly high reputation, especially in the sciences. Unfortunately, the reputation of Nigerian universities is as good as nonexistent here.
     
    mintaru, Dec 17, 2021
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