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william wallace · Joined: 14 May 2003 Posts: 2869 Location: in between

Have any of you become aware of how dodgy higher education has become, or has it always been this way ?
I know of a Canadian (two "Canadian" high schools) , two Aussie, one American, three Scottish universities that are for the most part selling degrees to Chinese.Surely others have noticed !I've only been in this ESL/ELT circus for 15 years...Is it only found in China ?

And if I include private language schools with connections to so-called legit colleges and universities the number goes to about 20-30

Justin Trullinger · Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2007 6:30 pm Post subject:

Are you sure that the colleges are in some way involved?

I know a place in London where you can buy a "Harvard" degree, but am not sure that Harvard is in any way complicit...

Best,

Justin

william wallace · Joined: 14 May 2003 Posts: 2869 Location: in between

I gave the info to a journalist who was doing a cover story on the wholesale of Canadian education in China, so I had to submit a wee bit more than innuendo. By the way, it also included a UK based government agency.

mdk · Joined: 09 Jun 2007 Posts: 425

saint57 · Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2007 9:09 am Post subject:

I teach at an overseas Ontario school. The students graduate with the exact same diploma as Ontario students. The students at our school recently wrote the Ontario Literacy Test and had a pass rate of 89%. The pass rate in Ontario is about 85%. The students write the test and it's sent back to Ontario for grading.

Speaking only for my school, I find nothing wrong with it. The A-Levels and South Audtralian Matriculation students conistently rank high.