How to Take Over the Classroom
Jason Compton,
CIO magazine,
Nov 30, 2001
I have no problems with academia collaborating with industry, but I am sensitive of the tendency of industry to - as the title suggests - "take over" the classroom. This article provides a case in point. In a joint program offered at Georgia State, UPS "screened for loyalty, among other traits, when narrowing down the substantial stack of applicants." There is something deeply, deeply wrong with this. With money coming from the state government, company loyalty should not be a factor in the selection of students. This article reflects - unintentionally - the concerns professors express when considering industry collaborations. And one wonders what CEOs think education is really about when they say things like this: "The quest to build the perfect 23-year-old who can effectively wield a mouse on day one, however, will likely never end."
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