Comments on: Debating NYU Abu Dhabi and Liaoning Normal University-Missouri State University College of IB

By: SY

SY — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 18:03:50 +0000

I am intimately aware of several joint Chinese-Canadian Business programs. Compared to them, LNU-MSU College of International Business seems to be of very high calibre. In one of the programs there were 120 students in a class. Well Imagine the standards, as very few failed. One of the instuctor only had a bachelors degree and jumped to business courses from ESL. Another teacher in a financial statement analysis course gave 100 out of 100 to two students, having ungraded the whole class by 10%. One instructor in a Harbin program taught 9 courses in one semester. It was a mass production factory of courses. Most of these programs in China are to cater the rich chinese students who could not take the rigors of the (kao gao), the chinese college entrance exams and fail. They want a paper for prestige. As the job market does not value these certificates. Graduates from these programs were unable to get job interviews.

By: KC

KC — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 09:51:46 +0000

The Missouri State program in Dalian does have its problems, starting with the administration. At the same time Mooney’s article in the Chronicle was misleading, especially regarding faculty qualifications. Most students in the program get AA degrees after two years. What is the percentage of faculty in community colleges offering AA degrees with PhDs? Also, the law faculty have JDs from the top law schools (Harvard, Stanford), yet they are included in the supposedly unqualified group of faculty because they don’t have PhDs. Shoddy reporting.

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