It's such a weird act of self vandalism. Sabotaging Harvard when Europe and China are absorbing the brightest and best into their universities is phenomenally stupid - not that we're in a position to throw stones, but my point remains valid.
I mean that's all great, but when Harvard deliver degrees in comics, puppetry, and vampire castles vs werewolves lairs, not to mention deconstructing the angry white male, there has to be a discussion on university ethics in education no?
I mean these course cost kids a lifetime of debt, not ethical debt, hardcore hundred thousand dollar I can't afford food this week debt!
The 30% of foreign students who study at Harvard aren't all studying nonsense degrees, it's mainly engineering, management and medicine, so the unethical degrees that lead to little career options are targeted at US cash cows.
Then there's the growing problem of higher education being less welcoming for men. 40% of graduates last year, the lowest on record amongst the highest nu.ber of grads, and it's predicted to fall below 40% next year as applicant numbers from men are expected to be down again. Harvard have sheltered themselves from this so far but in the last 3 years have seen their gender gap widen.
It's clear to see US universities need reform, take recent swathes of US graduates crying online about the proposed student debt clearance biting them in their arse now its returned and started.
Student debt in the USA is 1.8 trillion, average 38k per student, over 42 million people. Less than 40% of those work in their field of study within 5 years, 27% within 10. The default rate is 8%, meaning over 3.5 million graduates defaulted on a significant loan.
Anthropology, fine arts and social studies are the lowest conversion to professional related fields, handsome of them have near 0% of graduates working in their field, because there is no field.
It's clear that US higher education needs reform, because of its unethical practices, we can all agree on that at least no? (Forgetting about what Trump is planning)
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