Wall St. Journal Article on a Graduate Here in St. Louis

An outrageous, sad, but too often true, story:

For New Graduates, Path to a Career Is Bumpy – WSJ.com.

Here was my comment:

“What happened to this young woman is outrageous. I’m a retired math professor. I live in St. Louis. Years ago I taught at SIUE (Southern Ill. Univ. at Edwardsville). It is similar to U. of Mo., St. Louis. Until recently, I taught at Washington University in St. Louis. What I saw at both of these universities, with respect to education, is outrageous – and linked. Yet, I have no doubt that it is not anything special. That is why I have a blog, www.inside-higher-ed.com

Here are just two, of many, reasons why I’m not surprised that graduates don’t get good jobs.

I saw professors at SIUE, like the one who told me, that after five years of teaching an introductory course, she could finally tell when the homework was wrong, but not always what was wrong.

I saw a professor at Wash. U. with a “national need” grant give a Phd to someone who did not have doctoral knowledge. That person may be teaching at SIUE now.

These schools rely on being called a “university” to do as they please.”