I was speaking to a lady of about 40 the other day. She is from Buxton and took a degree in history from Aberdeen University. She was telling me that university degrees apart from a very few institutions are now worth much less than they used to be.
She said that there used to be polytechnics and universities and, while polys were good, a "proper" university degree carried more clout. She blames this degree inflation, her term, on the granting of university status to the polytechnics. According to her any half-arsed tech can now call itself a university can now call itself a university and grant degrees in paper hanging or needlework or some such.
I really don't have a dog in this fight and I don't know much about it. My university days are long behind me. But it got me curious. What y'all think?
She said that there used to be polytechnics and universities and, while polys were good, a "proper" university degree carried more clout. She blames this degree inflation, her term, on the granting of university status to the polytechnics. According to her any half-arsed tech can now call itself a university can now call itself a university and grant degrees in paper hanging or needlework or some such.
I really don't have a dog in this fight and I don't know much about it. My university days are long behind me. But it got me curious. What y'all think?
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