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CEO @LambdaSchool (YC S17): A CS education that's free until you get a job. I have made remarks that I do not agree with.

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    Austen Allred‏Verified account @AustenAllred Aug 20

    Every time I talk to a University administrator it becomes incredibly obvious why Universities act the way they do. It's not for lack of trying by the faculty, they're just trying to move an unmovable object.

    12:33 PM - 20 Aug 2018
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      2. Scott Rafferty‏ @mscottraff Aug 20
        Replying to @AustenAllred

        How much do outside influences like US News & other orgs school rankings influence things? It appears to me that while a university may want to go in a certain direction or do drastic things, rankings system incentivize them to not rock the boat and play the rankings game.

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      3. Austen Allred‏Verified account @AustenAllred Aug 20
        Replying to @mscottraff

        way more than it should

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      4. Bart Elison‏ @RagingViking Aug 20
        Replying to @AustenAllred @mscottraff

        For the last year I've been smacked in the face a few times by this. I lost track of the number of times I've asked our customers "do you want it this way because that's how it's always been, or because it should be?" #higherEdProblems

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      1. Michael Cox‏ @mjcox12 Aug 20
        Replying to @AustenAllred

        University administrator here, I'd be curious to hear you elaborate on this thought. Do you think this is an administrative mindset /attitude type thing? Or just fallout from having to manage massive bureaucracies?

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      1. Warren‏ @cantguardwelsh Aug 20
        Replying to @AustenAllred

        AKA: @lambdaschool's unstoppable force ☺

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      2. John Miles‏ @PrivatizeEdu Aug 20
        Replying to @AustenAllred

        Socialism doesn’t work anywhere, you still run into the calculation problem

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      3. Tyler Pruett‏ @tylerpruett Aug 20
        Replying to @PrivatizeEdu @AustenAllred

        Bureaucracy is not limited to socialist institutions.

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      4. John Miles‏ @PrivatizeEdu Aug 20
        Replying to @tylerpruett @AustenAllred

        But it is inherently in all socialist institutions.

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      2. Ninan Thampy‏ @ninan99 Aug 20
        Replying to @AustenAllred

        - haha - at least they are trying. @OlinCollege is different.

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      3. Tyler Pruett‏ @tylerpruett Aug 20
        Replying to @ninan99 @AustenAllred @OlinCollege

        So are @wgu and @SNHU and @WebbInstitute and the military academies and hundreds of community colleges and area technical colleges. Urban work college like Paul Quinn is interesting.

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      4. Priya Thomas‏ @priyathomas757 Aug 20
        Replying to @tylerpruett @ninan99 and

        The Paul Quinn story is a great one. That college president seems stellar. Excited for their expansion.

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      1. Nick Schrock‏ @schrockn Aug 20
        Replying to @AustenAllred

        The attribute most common to university administrators is abject cowardice.

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      2. Tyler Pruett‏ @tylerpruett Aug 20
        Replying to @AustenAllred

        Academic administration is almost entirely populated with former faculty. This is true for the majority of 4 year degree granting institutions. What happens to this desire/drive when they move into administration where, presumably, they could effect change?

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      3. Matt Guttman‏ @mattguttmanorg Aug 20
        Replying to @tylerpruett @AustenAllred

        Selection effects prevent anyone with such desires from achieving those positions. Even if they didn’t, there’s just a dense structure of network layers at the top actively working to prevent any kind of substantive improvement.

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