tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4068183698747623113.post5188151045557743341..comments2023-10-29T10:40:34.638-04:00Comments on A CS Professor's blog: Harvard: a model for French universities?Claire Mathieuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10957755706440077623noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4068183698747623113.post-65140906255817591082013-12-08T07:22:25.619-05:002013-12-08T07:22:25.619-05:00I know why, because it is not compiled or maintain...I know why, because it is not compiled or maintained by an Anglo-Saxon organization and the Napoleonic higher education institutions are not "universities" at all neither in Anglo-Saxon meaning of the term nor in Humboldt.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4068183698747623113.post-39448054562968995362013-08-15T04:40:46.828-04:002013-08-15T04:40:46.828-04:00Harvard university is really a popular school|! Ho...Harvard university is really a popular school|! How I wish I studies there. :) I think Harvard is already offering online classes for college, right?<br /><br />http://www.elearners.com/Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15615556343546291597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4068183698747623113.post-49278874913355213902012-10-02T05:49:25.713-04:002012-10-02T05:49:25.713-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15615556343546291597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4068183698747623113.post-22094129273152892472012-09-19T05:01:47.490-04:002012-09-19T05:01:47.490-04:00Harvard really do give scholarships and free educa...Harvard really do give scholarships and free educations to those who are really in need. But then again, you have to maintain your average.<br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.studyabroad.com/programs/europe,france/default.aspx" rel="nofollow">french universities</a></b>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4068183698747623113.post-9828589357491146862012-09-15T14:56:30.555-04:002012-09-15T14:56:30.555-04:00Harvard's tuition is free if the family income...Harvard's tuition is free if the family income is under $65,000/year, and scholarships are extended for families making close to $200,000 (though the amount the family is expected to pay remains quite a lot for families >100,000Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4068183698747623113.post-17408347506780343202012-06-23T01:31:40.226-04:002012-06-23T01:31:40.226-04:00Glencora:
Are you familiar with how excruciatingl...Glencora:<br /><br />Are you familiar with how excruciatingly elitist the Grand Ecoles are?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4068183698747623113.post-61371881083595440502012-05-21T12:33:52.491-04:002012-05-21T12:33:52.491-04:00The tuition was mentioned only in passing in the a...The tuition was mentioned only in passing in the article. I don't think the cost of tuition really sinks in for French visitors, even long-term, until they experience it themselves.<br /><br />As to why they are looking specifically at Harvard as a model: it appears that many people are paying close attention to the Shanghai rankings. Why, I don't know.Claire Mathieuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10957755706440077623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4068183698747623113.post-27972488661279738292012-05-21T11:02:35.770-04:002012-05-21T11:02:35.770-04:00And Harvard also provides an education that is in ...And Harvard also provides an education that is in reach to just a select few. Sure you can ring the bell of needs-blind admissions and large scholarships, but there is no denying the fact that, even if a student could manage to end up paying a small fraction of the tuition in order to attend such an elite university, how many would? How many households in the US - where the 50th percentile income is far below the cost of one year's attendance at Harvard - would even consider this as a viable option? Never mind the problem with what high school you are able to go to and what your chances are of ending up at an elite school if you live in a poor neighborhood with poorly-funded schools compared to if you lived in a wealthy neighborhood with well-funded schools or attended private school.<br /><br />It saddens me that France, with a history of strong social programs, would look to the most elite, most inaccessible school as a model for success. I would hope they would rather look at the strongest public universities around the world for guidance and strive to provide an education that is within reach of anyone, no matter how much their parents earned or what their parents jobs.Glencora Borradailehttp://eecs.orst.edu/~glencoranoreply@blogger.com