I can't read the article, but if I were to venture a guess I would focus on these things for contributing to the loss of prestige:
- falsification of research results from academic researchers
- tuition increases at double the cost of living (inflation) increases...and a majority of people not able to pay these tuitions
- fewer jobs available that require a university degree and credentials
- loss of "intellectual authority" due to changes in public opinion (conservative leaning) and AI technology gains in authority
- evidence of large scale financial mismanagement and poor decision-making: my college has hired and fired 3 presidents in the past 10 years and now pays a salary all of them
- inability to keep curricula up to date relative to the rapidly changing world
- fewer academic researchers willing to teach
- higher quality programs at community colleges at much lower tuitions with better teachers
- public scandals about celebrities "buying" entrance to elite schools by cheating on exams
- public scandals about students using AI to do their work for them
- COVID changes and realizations of how colleges really work when stressed
- ...and much more
kgwxd•14m ago
They fact they say they're researching it, is THE problem. They know everything you said. This is them saying "just shut up and pay your tuition".
jschveibinz•43m ago
- falsification of research results from academic researchers
- tuition increases at double the cost of living (inflation) increases...and a majority of people not able to pay these tuitions
- fewer jobs available that require a university degree and credentials
- loss of "intellectual authority" due to changes in public opinion (conservative leaning) and AI technology gains in authority
- evidence of large scale financial mismanagement and poor decision-making: my college has hired and fired 3 presidents in the past 10 years and now pays a salary all of them
- inability to keep curricula up to date relative to the rapidly changing world
- fewer academic researchers willing to teach
- higher quality programs at community colleges at much lower tuitions with better teachers
- public scandals about celebrities "buying" entrance to elite schools by cheating on exams
- public scandals about students using AI to do their work for them
- COVID changes and realizations of how colleges really work when stressed
- ...and much more
kgwxd•14m ago