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[–] mkwt@lemmy.world 34 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I didn't know that the feds accredited universities. When I was in school, the one that mattered for engineering was ABET or somesuch.

[–] MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@fedia.io 39 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Apparently they don’t. The feds recognize the independent agencies that accredit universities

The Department does not accredit individual educational institutions and/or programs and is not directly involved in the institutional or programmatic accrediting process. The Department recognizes only agencies that apply for recognition; many do not. Along with its recognition decision, the Department designates the scope of accrediting activities to which its recognition pertains.

So how he thinks he can force MSCHE to withdraw their accreditation, I don’t know.

[–] phdepressed@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I mean so threaten MSCHE with recognition withdrawal if they don't discredit Columbia. It's not like its a far reach for Republicans.

[–] MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@fedia.io 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I mean he could threaten that, but that’s gonna piss even more people off. I’m not going to look through the whole list but at the top of the alphabet I spotted Bard, Barnard, Carnegie-Mellon, Cornell…

[–] phdepressed@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I don't think that matters when they're so anti higher education

[–] mjhelto@lemm.ee 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

They're not anti-higher education for all, just for liberals and those who are not part of the wealthy class. That's why they jacked the price up around the 1980s. Too many poors were going to school, competing with rich kids for high paying jobs, and cementing class-consciousness pushing for social change. They can't have that!

Raising the cost of tuition meant fewer families were able to attend college without financial aid, which has also been set up to be a lasting financial burden for us plebs. Couple that with better employment opportunities being largely reliant on the level of education obtained, and you have a system designed by the rich, for the rich, to ensure they're the only educated group, able to ascend to the upper echelons of power.

Also, they want smart people with college degrees (and sociopathic tendencies) to work for them and come up with new ways to manipulate/kill people! It's why so many Nazis were incorporated into US projects after WWII, rather than being hanged for the crimes they helped facilitate against humanity.

Edit: I forgot to include the racism part of the price hike, specifically aimed to prevent class mobility for people of color. Racism is just the worst!

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

That was my first thought too. “So?”