“The system has failed you”

Apropos of the UCF cheating scandal, Stephen Ransom tweeted this morning:

Here’s the video he linked:

Once you get over seeing Uncle Phil as the Kaplan University proponent here, take a moment to think about this.

• Does the video have a point? Is it time for a new system?
• Is “the system” flawed in the ways or to the extent stated in the commercial?
• Is the problem with “the system” its being steeped in tradition? Is the problem the oldness of the ideas?
• Is Kaplan University, and other institutions like it, the answer?
• Which would you rather attend: the University of Central Florida, or Kaplan? (Yes, that’s a loaded question.)

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