Do you think many of the large universities in America are jokes now?

I read an article in my newspaper today about how a University of Missouri sociology professor believes Saginaw's inner-city schools' dress codes are inherently racist against minority dress and culture.



Excuse me, I grew up with dress codes in the islands, where schools are a lot more civil and disciplined than the states. It keeps the focus on schoolwork.



Idiot professors like that one are a prime example of why today's universities are simply not preparing students for the real world. When I went to the University of Michigan, there was an emphasis on driving students away from real careers towards liberal arts majors that would benefit the academic bums who teach those majors. Some of my professors and graduate students were total weirdos who couldn't last a day at McDonald's. A lot of the studies these schools release are laughing stocks...like the one that said men only like hot women...WOW, shock!



Should these schools lose their accreditation?Do you think many of the large universities in America are jokes now?
You want to take accreditation away from an entire university because one professor makes one very normal comment with which you don't personally agree? Maybe the whole concept of academic freedom isn't completely clear to you. The whole idea of a university is a free exchange of ideas. You don't punish a university because you don't like something that someone said, especially if, as in this case, it doesn't harm anyone. This is exactly what does prepare people for the "real world" (an offensive concept anyway; in no other part of the world are universities seen as "unreal"); they are exposed to a variety of ideas and opinions, allowing them to shape their own in an informed manner, rather than scoffing in a nasty manner at the world..



As someone who has worked in both business and academia, I can tell you that while I've met some odd academics, they don't compare to the weirdness of some of the people I've worked for and with in business. There are odd people everywhere. And I'm willing to bet that no academic researcher did a study to say that men only like hot women, although that may be how someone chose to report it in your local paper.