The following is a comment about how administrators may have taken a statement by David Riesman. The comment was made on the following article.
Let’s see, there’s teacher training, not so good, overall. Then there’s STEM training, not so good, overall. Oh, there’s lawyer training, not so good, even “unscrupulous”, according to some accounts. Maybe, the “the fish stinks from the head”. Actually, what has been happening is pretty obvious. When David Riesman wrote (in 1980) that “…advantage can still be taken of [students] by unscrupulous instructors and institutions..” too many administrators and professors took this as advice on how to strike it rich. The public needs to take Riesman’s statement as a warning. As a former professor, I can’t overstress this
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