UNIVERSITIES ARE FAILING TO EDUCATE
France’s degree factories
It is a matter of principle in France that anyone who has passed the baccalauréat can go to university, despite the later high drop-out rate; this has led to rising numbers, slipping standards and overstrained lecturers.
by Pierre Jourde
THE French university system is dead. It has ceased to exist as a scientific community in which research goes hand
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