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Soon the whole US academia reputation will go down the drain and the degrees we all worked so hard for will have no meaning. How to shoot oneself in the foot 10
by storus 2mo ago
Soon the whole US academia reputation will go down the drain and the degrees we all worked so hard for will have no meaning. How to shoot oneself in the foot 101.
- hirvi74 2mo agoI honestly support the downfall of this system. The truly great and exceptional will continue to be such. Degrees are nothing more than a signal, and a weak one at that.
- thomassmith65 2mo agoThat may be intended as hyperbole. If it is meant sincerely, it is the kind of idea that falls apart in the actual world - especially if someone wants to graduate with Honors in a degree program that requires higher maths. That isn't to deny there is a lot of societal bullshit involving higher education, but that's true in many aspects of life.
- OkayPhysicist 2mo agoThey're copying a policy MIT has had for decades. Last I checked, MIT is still in the running for the best regarded university in the world.