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Date: Mar 28, 2006

Printz Opinion--What college has taught me

Date: Mar 28, 2006

This editorial is a nice little piece of work. I wonder if it were solicited by USM PR.

Unfortunately for Ms. Jordan, you must excel at USM just so you don't lose ground to students at other schools. USM's severe grade inflation and poor recent reputation mean that only our very best students have a shot at excellent grad or professional schools.

I tell all my better students not to attend grad school at USM. So far I've been fairly successful. The picture painted here is an innocent one, but it's like describing a Kodiak bear as cuddly.

Date: Mar 28, 2006

brown bag wrote:

I tell all my better students not to attend grad school at USM.

Good advice, Brownie. But don't do a disservice to your poorer students, Brownie. Only rarely and under unusual circumstances should a student attend graduate school at the same institution where the undergraduate degree was obtained.

Date: Mar 28, 2006

brown bag wrote:

This editorial is a nice little piece of work. I wonder if it were solicited by USM PR.

Brown Bag, give these journalism students a little more credit.

Date: Mar 28, 2006

brown bag wrote:

I tell all my better students not to attend grad school at USM. So far I've been fairly successful.

Plus, if they attend grad school somewhere else, they have the chance to be influenced by someone who isn't as bitter and pessimistic as you are. Thank you for having your students' best interest at heart. Way to go!