The Secret History of Western Education

[edyle]

Interview with Charlotte Iserbyt.

The Secret History of Western Education: The Scientific Destruction of Minds - Charlotte Iserbyt 1/5
Charlotte Thompson Iserbyt served as the head of policy at the Department of Education during the first administration of Ronald Reagan. While working there she discovered a long term strategic plan by the tax exempt foundations to transform America from a nation of rugged individualists and problem solvers to a country of servile, brainwashed minions who simply regurgitate whatever they're told.

[miktay]

Forget educational riguor....

The real question iz...r u smarter than a 6h grader?

[letric]

As a result of today's educational policies, the majority of college graduates are virtually illiterate, in
the literal and wider sense of the word. They do not necessarily accept their teachers views, but they
do not know that any other views exist or have ever existed. There philosophy majors who graduate
without having taken a single course on Aristotle. There are economics majors who have no idea of what
capitalism is or was, theoretically or historically. There are literature majors who have never heard of
Victor Hugo. It is a paradox of our age of scepticism.

[kayt]

That's nothing new I remember hearing about France after they had their revolution. Education standardised everything making it easier to control the masses. Mass education was never about altruism.

[letric]

That's nothing new I remember hearing about France after they had their revolution. Education standardised everything making it easier to control the masses. Mass education was never about altruism.

What was it about?

[kayt]

What was it about?

Control. It's hard to have control if the masses aren't taught how to read the controllers or the laws that are set.

[miktay]

^

Bingo.

Massa needs control...

Without control massa ent ha no wuk...

Edumacation iz another tool iz biz bag o tricks...

[letric]

Higher Education white paper paves way for 85,000 university places to be opened up to competition.
Universities will compete against each other for a quarter of the students they recruit next year under
government reform unveiled on Tuesday, putting pressure on institutions to bring down fees. Under
he reforms universities will be required to publish comparable information for prospective students on
teaching hours and quality.
Jeevan Vasagar and Jessica Sheppard
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/...es-to-market*c... 28/06/2011

The shakeup alsdo proposes creating a "flexible margin" of 20,000 places which
can only be taken up by universities charging an average fee of £7,500 or less.

[letric]

Higher Education white paper paves way for 85,000 university places to be opened up to competition.
Universities will compete against each other for a quarter of the students they recruit next year under
government reform unveiled on Tuesday, putting pressure on institutions to bring down fees. Under
the reforms universities will be required to publish comparable information for prospective students on
teaching hours and quality.
Jeevan Vasagar and Jessica Sheppard
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/...es-to-market*c... 28/06/2011

The shakeup also proposes creating a "flexible margin" of 20,000 places which
can only be taken up by universities charging an average fee of £7,500 or less.

English universities will be granted the power to recruit unlimited numbers of the best-performing students.
At present, universities have a fixed number of government funded places for home graduates each autumn
and are fined if they over-recruit. This limits competition between universities and denies some students
their first choice.

[letric]

English students to 'pay up to £36,000 to study in Scotland. The Scottish Parliament said fees for students from the rest of the UK will soar five-fold net year to ensure higher education institutions are not seen as the "cheap option". Top universities such as Edinburgh, Glasgow and St. Andrews will be able to charge as much as to £9,000 a year, compared with existing fees of £1,800. It means that students face paying up to £36,00 for a standard four - year Scottish degree.
www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/

[letric]

English students to 'pay up to £36,000 to study in Scotland. The Scottish Parliament said fees for students from the rest of the UK will soar five-fold net year to ensure higher education institutions are not seen as the "cheap option". Top universities such as Edinburgh, Glasgow and St. Andrews will be able to charge as much as to £9,000 a year, compared with existing fees of £1,800. It means that students face paying up to £36,00 for a standard four - year Scottish degree.
www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/

EU students must be charged the same as 'home' students in each country - meaning they go free in Scotland but must pay up to £9,000 in England next year. But under a quirk of European law and the UK's system of devolved Government. Scottish universities can charge students from England, Wales and Northern Ireland a higher fee because they are north of the border wil be considerably more expensive.
by Graeme Paton (www.telegraph.co.uk/journalists/graeme-paton/).

[Falcon]

spare a thought for Commonwealth non-EU students like me who had to pay more than twice the EU rate.

[letric]

spare a thought for Commonwealth non-EU students like me who had to pay more than twice the EU rate.

Indeed ...