Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Oh, the shame! :-) All I can say in defense is that standards were MUCH lower then. Although UT law school did have the good sense to reject him. ___ Sent with SnapperMail www.snappermail.com ...... Original Message ....... On Mon, 20 Mar 2006 11:56:33 -0500 Walt Johnson <walt@waltjohnson.com> wrote: "Larry: " "Jewel in our Educational Crown? Watching the nightly news ( yes, mostly "trash) should convince anyone US education is a stake in the heart of "humanity. " "Walt " "p.s. Hey, B.D., isn't Little George a Harvard MBA? " "lrzeitlin@optonline.net wrote: " ">US university education is the jewel in our educational crown. Nearly a quarter of the students in graduate programs in the US are foreign citizens. I served as a Visiting Professor in both the UK and India and I know that admission to an American university is regarded as a cherished prize. "> ">Most recently I taught in the Doctoral program of the Graduate School of Business at the City University of New York. A high percentage of our students were from Asia (Japan, Taiwan, India and lately from China). The students were clearly the best and the brightest. They were sent by their employers to get the finest education the world had to offer. Their tuition was modest, largely subsidized by New York taxpayers. The students sought currently practiced cutting edge business methods, not the obsolete textbook stuff written by tenure seeking scholars. Many of the faculty were Adjunct Professors who, in their day jobs, were high ranking executives in financial, merchandizing, and pro ">duct design firms in the New York area. The students learned well. After three or four years they received their MBAs or PhDs and most returned to their home countries. "> ">These are the guys running the companies that are eating our lunch. In the words of the immortal Pogo, "We have met the enemy and they are us." "> ">Larry Z "> ">_______________________________________________ ">Leica Users Group. ">See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information "> "> "> "> " " "_______________________________________________ "Leica Users Group. "See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information