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- From: doug.hewko@synapse.org (Doug Hewko)
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- Subject: Re: Hello
- Message-ID: <53.2875.uupcb@synapse.org>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 06:53:00 GMT
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- Reply-To: doug.hewko@synapse.org (Doug Hewko)
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- From: doug.hewko@synapse.org
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- From Robb Keayes....
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- RK.And what about Carelton? They go up in tha rankings so the profs decide that
- .the methods used were not valid. Sort of validates their ranking on the
- .overall entrance requirements (and hence the intelligence) of the general
- .Carelton population.
-
- That is not true at all. Ever since the first Maclean's survey, the
- academic community (not just Carleton) criticised the survey for being
- poorly designed. For example, what does a reputation of the school
- have to do with the quality of education? Nothing. Carleton is one
- of the best in Canada in several areas. As an example, nobody every
- mentions our strong commerce program. Carleton is the ONLY University
- in Canada to send ALL of its teams to the ICBC finals in Kingston. We
- also do very well in those finals too. And what does the entrance
- requirements have to do with the quality of education? Albert
- Einstein was a high school drop-out, so by your logic he was an idiot.
-
- It is especially interesting that a few months after the Maclean's
- survey was published, another survey was conducted on the quality of
- graduates. This survey asked employers that, if given a choice, from
- which university would they prefer to hire from. Carleton ranked
- number four in Canada. That means despite Carleton's open door policy
- (which those who don't understand often criticise), our grads are
- among the best in Canada.....
-
- RK.Well, I'm from Simon Fraser (SFU) and we were ranked #2 behind Waterloo. I
-
- And I take it you are a prime example of the quality of students at
- SFU? I hope not because even though my message spelled "Carleton" for
- you, you managed to still spell it incorrectly. <g>
-
- Doug
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- . 1st 1.01 #574 . Follow the crowd and you will never be followed by the crowd
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