The government's own adviser, Alison Wolf, has warned of an impending "American-style catastrophe" should the bill go through, stating her concerns that the number of poor-quality colleges would increase, the reputation of higher education would be damaged and students would pile up considerable debt to obtain worthless degrees.
Referred to as 'streamlined visa procedures', this policy change was a reaction to the large number of poor quality private diploma level colleges who were gaining a high proportion of international student enrollments.
The Indian Institutes of Technology are very good at producing a highly educated elite, but run-of-the-mill colleges are often of poor quality.
"We would suggest he quickly gets up to speed with the scandal of poor quality and low attendance at for-profit colleges, as recently exposed by the Guardian and due to be investigated by the Public Affairs Committee.
Contempt for teacher training has merit because some colleges of education are of such poor quality.
By the time Mandela got to college, his innate moral compass and the traits he had inherited from his father had begun to define him; he prematurely left Fort Hare, a prestigious black college, after a protest about the poor quality of food ended in a compromise he couldn't accept.
Because, as has been extensively documented, many for-profit colleges offer a toxic mix of sky high-prices, poor quality instruction, degrees that won't impress employers, and credits that won't transfer to more reputable schools.
One group which is particularly affected is those studying at college or university, and the National Union of Students says that poor quality accommodation has become such an issue that it is calling on the government to overhaul the law.
It penalizes some career college programs that -- because they are overpriced and sometimes of poor quality -- consistently leave graduates with debt they cannot afford to repay.
We could listen to the Met directly over our local college station that also feeds it, but the station puts out a poor quality signal.
