John O. Andersen

This is a very troubling development.

It's all based on the premise that if a little "higher education" is good, a
lot is even better. The highereducation.org site reminds me of the milk
advisory board, or the beef council: both marketing firms which package
themselves as quasi public service agencies.

What we're seeing here is a not so subtle propaganda machine designed to
lure ever-increasing numbers of customers into buying the goods and services
of the massive higher education industry.

So far we haven't put up a lot of resistance to this constant flow of
misinformation and onesided messages.

However, as college costs continue to annually exceed inflation, I can only
hope that eventually more people will begin to recognize something is
terribly amiss.

John Andersen
Uncoventional Ideas: A Collection of Short Essays Which Question Mainstream
Thinking
http://www.unconventionalideas.com


> For those that are into stats, here is the 2000 report card on how states
> did in sending kids to college, etc. Click on Measuring Up 2000 in the
> lower righthand corner.
>
> www.highereducation.org
>
> Lynda
> If Ignorance Is Bliss Why Aren't More People Happy?
>