tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370618605188900.post5451929811205417386..comments2024-03-28T10:42:36.775-04:00Comments on Paco Enterprises: The Academy of LagadoPacohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08004124282907287652noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370618605188900.post-79761308913972122632013-06-09T14:43:44.967-04:002013-06-09T14:43:44.967-04:00Higher education no longer is higher. Or educatio...Higher education no longer is higher. Or education.JeffSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370618605188900.post-40176012464357591962013-06-09T04:49:13.710-04:002013-06-09T04:49:13.710-04:00Ripe for ripoffs?
Or is the very definition of ri...Ripe for ripoffs?<br /><br />Or is the very definition of ripoff?Jonahnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370618605188900.post-72705670558334826912013-06-08T22:30:59.921-04:002013-06-08T22:30:59.921-04:00Apart from whacky courses, this kind of thing, fro...Apart from whacky courses, this kind of thing, from my link, seems ripe for ripoffs:<br /><br />"ACE seeks to enhance access to: <br />Communication strategies that facilitate productive and mutually beneficial conversations between international and multicultural educators;<br />Planning processes that identify and support shared priorities between internationalization and diversity/multicultural education initiatives; and<br />Models that feature new traditions of collaboration between international and multicultural educators and administrators."brucenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370618605188900.post-49697908702293956892013-06-08T19:32:35.127-04:002013-06-08T19:32:35.127-04:00Er, except that the Beatles weren't American, ...Er, except that the Beatles weren't American, of course. I should have written "westerners".Pacohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08004124282907287652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370618605188900.post-63225842045489343762013-06-08T19:31:53.895-04:002013-06-08T19:31:53.895-04:00Captain: You've got a good point, there.
Bruc...Captain: You've got a good point, there.<br /><br />Bruce: Americans seem to have been chasing after holy men in India since at least the Beatles; I doubt that the wisdom ever really takes root, though.<br /><br />Robert: It is pretty sad. And grads wonder why they can't find jobs (I'm sure the economy has a lot to do with it, but so do bad choices in majors).Pacohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08004124282907287652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370618605188900.post-61861823164107345612013-06-08T19:16:48.336-04:002013-06-08T19:16:48.336-04:00At least the 5th Century Romans could speak Latin,...At least the 5th Century Romans could speak Latin, and possibly Greek.<br /><br />CheersMinicapthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13421626155178200181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370618605188900.post-18251420258669403232013-06-08T19:13:25.166-04:002013-06-08T19:13:25.166-04:00Paco, I could not read beyond #3. My prayers are w...Paco, I could not read beyond #3. My prayers are with the USA.Robert of Ottawanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370618605188900.post-19040186049162935702013-06-08T18:42:04.082-04:002013-06-08T18:42:04.082-04:00This page is the one I meant:
http://www.acenet.ed...This page is the one I meant:<br />http://www.acenet.edu/about-ace/special-initiatives/Pages/At-Home-in-the-World.aspxbrucenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370618605188900.post-86297590048001623072013-06-08T18:40:40.569-04:002013-06-08T18:40:40.569-04:00You could include the US college students I met in...You could include the US college students I met in India being dragged around various yoga ashrams by well-paid 'facilitators' as credit towards various degrees. The ashrams are cheap but the students are probably paying huge amounts in course fees to middle-men who actually do very little.<br /><br />This type of thing may be the US source, note the jargon:<br />http://www.acenet.edu/leadership/Pages/default.aspxbrucenoreply@blogger.com