On 10/28/10 1:34 PM, jps wrote:
On Thu, 28 Oct 2010 11:37:42 -0400, wrote:
On Wed, 27 Oct 2010 16:22:12 -0700, wrote:
University is meant to teach rigor.
That was true in the early 60s. Now it is virtually impossible to
flunk out as long as you can keep paying the tuition and there are
banks, more than happy to loan you the money to do that.
"Four year" degrees commonly take 5 or even 6 years to get.
It's still the case. May not be as obvious today.
And you don't need to attend a university to understand rigor but it
certainly helps.
Two doctoral level students my wife knows did not pass their 3-4 day
written exams after getting good grades for three years in
doctoral-level classes. That means they were dropped from the program,
not allowed to prepare their dissertations, and not able to receive
their doctorates. In addition, they are "out" many tens of thousands of
dollars, perhaps as much as $100,000, and will have nothing to show for it.
Pretty grim.
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