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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How is UK "better" except the cost? [/quote]

In the US the students are the customer, to be coddled and treated with the utmost sensitivity. "A"s are handed out like candy at a German carnival. Professors are evaluated according to how sweet and generous they are to the students. The easiest courses attract the most students. Courses are designed to instill pride and a sense of self-righteousness in students.  The sports staff are the highest-paid staff members, coaches are worshiped.  Colleges are above all businesses rather than centers of learning, and professors are entrepreneurs.

The result of all this is a relentless dumbing-down of the US educational establishment, with students emerging woefully unprepared for the demands of the workplace. Of course, there are many exceptions like MIT, and there are many bullshit courses in the UK - if you go to study media studies at the University of Sunderland then you won't be getting a great education. But generally speaking, courses in the better universities in the UK will demand a level of intellectual rigor that their US equivalents will not.[/quote]

Absurd. [/quote]

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