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> To me, what they're doing feels wrong It's very, very wrong. It's unethical, fraudulent and a scandal. Higher education is a racket now. University deans,

> To me, what they're doing feels wrong It's very, very wrong. It's unethical, fraudulent and a scandal. Higher education is a racket now. University deans, chancellors, vice chancellors, deanlets, clueless professional managers, bumbling administrators should all be fired and put in jail. I've written about it extensively [0..5]. After 30 years as a university professor I had to admit to myself - the university system is finished. It's fucked to the very core, devastated by decades of money grubbing gross mismanagement and total lack of vision. Good teachers have been usurped and the institutions taken over by tepid, buggy big-tech software from corporations like Google and Microsoft. Absolutely tragic. You didn't say whether you're attending a public university or a private college. I quit working at British universities citing "Unethical treatment of students", and copied my complaints to multiple "authorities". Nobody had the courage to reply. Everyone should be deeply embarrassed by the state of higher education, which as you say is now on the path of "enshittification". My advice is to get out while you can. Get a refund and find a private tutor or study group. The degree certificates universities offer are no longer worth the paper they're printed on. Even a weakly motivated student can do better studying alone with a little good guidance. There's nothing a machine can teach you about infosec. [0] https://www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/your-teaching-and-learning-not-supported https://www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/your-teaching-an... [1] https://www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/joy-text-world-tech-zealotry https://www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/joy-text-world-t... [2] https://www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/fear-zombie-student-apocalypse https://www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/fear-zombie-stud... [3] https://www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/2048-information-unchained-and-even-schoolgirls-win-nobel-prizes https://www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/2048-informatio... [4] https://www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/eliminating-harmful-digital-technologies-universities-guide https://www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/eliminating-harm... [5] https://www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/how-do-we-get-more-women-coding-fix-how-its-taught-and-used https://www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/how-do-we-get-mo...

PenguinCoder 3y ago
As long as _having a high paying job_ requires a piece of paper, higher "education" will be around.
- nonrandomstring 3y ago
  Long may higher education be around. It was around in the times of Plato and Aristotle. In central India the first universities flourished thousands of years ago. Then in Bologna, Paris, Oxford and Cambridge in the 11th century. They were all but destroyed by inquisitions but bounced back in time for the renaissance. They've been sacked by Vandals and burned down by Popes. Higher education will be here in 2124 and in 2224 and so long as human beings seek knowledge and wish to transcend our parochial epoch. This shitty little period of sad human history, where they've disgraced themselves so far as become nothing but certificate issuers for their industrial masters will fade away like leaving little or no trace in history.
  - gperkins978 3y ago
    Yes, the best institutions will last, but not all of them. The region of the Roman Empire where the Vandals settled down did not have a university again for over a Millennium.

PenguinCoder 3y ago

As long as _having a high paying job_ requires a piece of paper, higher "education" will be around.

nonrandomstring 3y ago
Long may higher education be around. It was around in the times of Plato and Aristotle. In central India the first universities flourished thousands of years ago. Then in Bologna, Paris, Oxford and Cambridge in the 11th century. They were all but destroyed by inquisitions but bounced back in time for the renaissance. They've been sacked by Vandals and burned down by Popes. Higher education will be here in 2124 and in 2224 and so long as human beings seek knowledge and wish to transcend our parochial epoch. This shitty little period of sad human history, where they've disgraced themselves so far as become nothing but certificate issuers for their industrial masters will fade away like leaving little or no trace in history.
- gperkins978 3y ago
  Yes, the best institutions will last, but not all of them. The region of the Roman Empire where the Vandals settled down did not have a university again for over a Millennium.