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Re: [Phys-l] Who really failed?



Cogent points, well stated!

On May 20, 2010, at 4:28 PM, Bernard Cleyet wrote:

I managed to find this from a student willing to stick her neck out:

• Dr. Homberger is the best instructor I've had
• Posted by Elizabeth A. Cook , Medical Illustration at Johns Hopkins on April 15, 2010 at 4:45pm EDT
• In case anyone is thorough enough to follow through on this issue, I want to completely support Dr. Homberger in all of her efforts. I have had a great fortune of being her student and working with her in her lab for the past year. Students that care, students who love to learn and to be challenged revere her and respect everything that she does. She teaches in a way that has become outdated because it isn't product-oriented...i.e. how many graduates can we churn out each year as if we're producing sausage or some other horrible packaged meat.

Education has become an institution that is now subject to productivity in numbers but not in quality. Americans may wonder why we're so behind in the world in terms of education, and this is exactly it. If something doesn't have an immediate and demonstrative value in practical or economical terms, we are quick to discredit it. This is a battle that art and art education have always dealt with, and it troubles me to no end that this mentality has infiltrated higher education and the political nonsense that has no business butting in with how universities go about educating our future.

bc


On 2010, May 20, , at 06:03, John Clement wrote:

http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/04/15/lsu

This story should make the national news, whether of not it is picked up by
the networks and newspapers. Anyone who supports the business model of
education should read this story. Quake before the administrators!

John M. Clement
Houston, TX

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