Developments at Bari Weiss' Anti-Woke University
Added 2024-11-18 04:06:36 +0000 UTCThe University of Austin welcomes its inaugural class and we consider whether this development heralds a brave new age for academia.
Source: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/students/free-speech/2024/09/04/university-austin-enters-its-first-academic-year
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Data Science by Lex Friedman, Journalism by Ben Shapiro, Creative Writing by Bari Weiss, Scientific Thinking by Graham Hancock and Huberman, Heuristics by Joe Rogan.
Anjan Sarkar
2024-11-23 19:23:35 +0000 UTCIf Trump gets his way clearing out the bureaucracy, there will be lots of positions to fill.
Linda Sears
2024-11-21 13:04:32 +0000 UTCHi Chris and Matt, Graduate admissions officer here. There are varying accreditation and degree-granting institutions determined by individual countries’ systems. There are classifications of types of degree-granting institutions eg. Professional, theological, special interest etc. and it varies by country. But, if an institution says it not accredited, it is most likely referring to the international designation database managed by UNESCO in collaboration with the International Association of Universities called WHED, World Higher Education Database. You can look up any institution on WHED and it will give information about it and its programs etc. If an institution doesn’t show up on WHED, it is NOT internationally accredited. So you can get a bachelor degree in a degree-granting institution in USA, but if it is not accredited according to WHEd you can’t use the degree to qualify for grad school in USA or any other country. So, the credential has limited value; It may be fine for many who want a postsecondary degree but one with local relevance only or one that is specific to a certain career path in the home country. Obviously, the word accreditation also refers to specific designations like engineering etc. but not in this context.
Nicola DiNicola
2024-11-21 03:00:52 +0000 UTCMy prediction is that most graduates will end up working as Republican legislative staff and for advocacy groups and sort of thing.
Mike
2024-11-20 18:07:09 +0000 UTCIt makes all kinds of sense the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board gave University of Austin permission to grant degrees. The members of the board are appointed by the governor, who has been trying to push through school vouchers to undermine public schools for the past few legislative sessions.
Linda Sears
2024-11-20 12:29:07 +0000 UTCIsn't Justice Thomas's buddy Harlan Crow (no relation) a major donor to U of A? Pretty sure he owns the de facto campus.
Hugh Crow
2024-11-20 02:34:10 +0000 UTCHaving been here for over a month now, I can fully understand that that approach is fully in keeping with the American approach to life and society
Guruspod 2
2024-11-20 00:02:20 +0000 UTCAnd just to add further confusion, there's often multiple different accreditation bodies offering similar accreditations all with slightly different standards and varying reputations. Not just a single one that is recognized and mandated by the Govt. In fact it's often not mandatory to be accredited at all. Employers can hire trained staff that aren't accredited if they want to but obviously you won't get paid as much and it will look bad if you ever get sued, as well as to any prospective customers. But that's America, you can pick and choose how you want to slice it here.
Ad Tastic
2024-11-19 20:34:23 +0000 UTCJust to clear up some confusion. You have to sit board exams for your professional accreditation AFTER you get your academic qualification here in the US. They're separate processes. It's not like Australia where your professional license comes with the degree. Aussie living in US here.
Ad Tastic
2024-11-19 20:22:23 +0000 UTCFortunately, bigger dogs than I are running that gauntlet!
Linda Sears
2024-11-19 00:43:15 +0000 UTCGood luck with the reaccreditation. Hope it doesn’t mean more work for you, I’ve heard they can be a bear
Nancy Hale
2024-11-18 22:32:16 +0000 UTCOh, and Bari & co also set up a K-12 education consultancy thing under U of Austin banner, named for John Stuart Mill https://www.uaustin.org/mill
Nancy Hale
2024-11-18 22:29:10 +0000 UTCLooks like a lot of the first student cohorts will have career paths in digital domains — programming & data analysis and content creation (the humanities, politics & creative writing stuff.)
Nancy Hale
2024-11-18 22:24:42 +0000 UTCMy guess is SACSCOC would be the same accrediting institution for Austin University.
Linda Sears
2024-11-18 18:21:50 +0000 UTCIs fascinating. Yey. More management consultants
Siobhan Murphy
2024-11-18 17:49:34 +0000 UTC"The university is not accredited but received approval from the state of Texas to grant degrees..." And no one gets tenure. The perfect scam -- $32,000 per year per student.
John Pohl
2024-11-18 15:57:42 +0000 UTCOn the accreditation front, my husband teaches photography at the University of Texas, Arlington, and their degrees are accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design. My community colleges’s degrees are accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commissions on Colleges. We go through the accreditation process every ten years; we are in the middle of one now, which means lots of scurrying about to meet the standards. https://sacscoc.org/about-sacscoc/faqs/.
Linda Sears
2024-11-18 12:57:33 +0000 UTCAnd oh God, I just want to record a 10 minute explainer about us accreditation to you, but like you know, I’m lazy.
JGraves
2024-11-18 04:33:26 +0000 UTCBless you for this gift of snark
JGraves
2024-11-18 04:14:55 +0000 UTC
