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\u201cI\u2019ll get my graduate degree!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

–it\u2019s weird how there\u2019s always a personal pronoun, in this case \u201cmy,\u201d in these types of statements.<\/em><\/p>\n

Quite a number of college graduates get their spiffy degree, go out into the real world\u2026and find out their degree is worthless. Trouble is, even with a worthless degree, they\u2019ll still have to pay off the student loan debt, and doing so on a barista\u2019s pay is daunting, if not impossible.<\/p>\n

But if you go back to school, to get that ever so precious \u201cgraduate degree,\u201d you don\u2019t have to make payments on your undergraduate debts. So now we have throngs of people filing in to graduate school.<\/p>\n

Now grad school tuition is much higher, and accreditations says even less about graduate education than it does about undergraduate education. So we have a huge profit motive, and a huge potential for corruption.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve noted that Administration grad school is a joke, and of course I\u2019ve shown Education grad school is a joke. To be fair, you generally don\u2019t fail graduate courses no matter how little or how poorly you do in them (my own eyeballs saw it enough times in grad school), so retention and other stats look good. On the other hand, actually getting the mathematics MA requires passing some tests outside of the classes being took\u2014this allows the department to satisfy administrative demands, while still preserving the integrity of the degree.<\/p>\n

But those are only the degree programs I can discuss in any detail. One of the most common graduate degree programs is a Master\u2019s in Communication. Because the basic Communication degree is worth so little (because it demands so little), there\u2019s an extra demand for a \u201cbetter\u201d Communication degree.<\/p>\n

A YouTube video gives a first hand account of what an MA Communication degree entails. This is important because, much like with community college coursework, it\u2019s reasonable suspect that what\u2019s printed in the catalogue is unhinged from the reality of the actual courses.<\/p>\n

Exposing Grad School (My M.A. experience)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

A typical Master\u2019s degree runs around a dozen courses, taking three a semester for two years, though some places offer a \u201csuper-convenient\u201d 1 year Master\u2019s program. What were her courses like?<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2026people who go into Communication tend to be vapid\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Good to see she knows her degree isn\u2019t actually a brain-strainer.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2026as we go around the room on the room\u2026sinking feeling\u2026research interests are queer studies\u2026Marxism\u2026more Marxism\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Wait, so now Communication is now about ideology, too? That\u2019s a shame.<\/p>\n

Her conservative leanings quickly led her to being attacked by the other students; I sure don\u2019t recall anyone in Math grad school caring about politics. We were too busy trying to understand mathematics.<\/p>\n

\u201cCultural Analysis\u2026I gave a presentation on (the British) Empire, and showed them a clip\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n

–I apologize for a weak transcription. The clip is a balanced discussion of the British Empire, pointing out both its cruelties and its accomplishments.<\/p>\n

After her presentation, she had a discussion with the class about the balanced discussion of the effects of the British Empire upon the world.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Professor of the course posted on Facebook how I\u2019m a defender of colonialism\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Hey, remember when a professor caught heat for publicly supporting a student who believed in heterosexual marriage as a good thing? I won\u2019t be holding my breath to see if the professor here will get the same rough treatment.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2026in this course we read the original texts of Marx\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

–Seriously. I can\u2019t make this stuff up. I remind the reader this graduate study in Communication.<\/p>\n

The grad student then goes on to list course after course of simply ideological indoctrination. I concede I don\u2019t know exactly what should go into a graduate level Communications program but\u2026it seems like it would involve how to operate at least some of the modern communications equipment which is so critical to every aspect of the modern world.<\/p>\n

I would have never suspected Communication was mostly about ideology.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2026in one of their classes they just meditated\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

I point out, these students are paying many thousands of dollars for such \u201cmaterial.\u201d Meditation is fine, mind you but\u2026why pay so much? Honest, you can meditate at home.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2026I wrote a lot of reflection papers\u2026.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

A reflection paper is just a short essay giving an opinion on something\u2026you can\u2019t do this wrong (great retention!), but is this really worth the graduate level tuition?<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2026this was mostly a nothing class\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Bottom line, these guys pour out of grad school after taking a dozen or more courses, filled with ideology, nothing, or, at best, meditation.<\/p>\n

This student waited until after she graduated before spilling the beans on what her grad school experience was like, so she\u2019s obviously clever, even as she\u2019s annihilated her chances at a career in academia. She\u2019s something of a celebrity, but her identity isn\u2019t the issue here. It\u2019ll be a long time before the fraud of (much of) graduate school is exposed, I admit, since we\u2019re not even close to revealing the fraud of (much of) higher ed in general.<\/p>\n

But that day, like the day I\u2019m finally done with cancer treatments, is coming. I sure hope to live to see it.<\/p>\n

www.professorconfess.blogspot.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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