Marshall is not considered K-12, which is what I used both times I made that comment. Why is that so hard for you to understand? Frankly, the education attained at Marshall is akin to a 9-12 education in states with good schools, but that doesn't make your comment any more accurate.
Do you even know what you're arguing, moron? You said that my comment is wrong about this being done to increase enrollment, but then you say . . .
Uhhh, moron: If it isn't to increase enrollment, then why would it expand to other counties? More, why is it a risk? What risk is there for this being done?
Again, do you even know what you're arguing? If social media is causing the poor education and/or lack of work ethic, like you initially claimed, then why did West Virginia fare so low in those things prior to social media?
I'll give you a hint like I said before: West Virginia's horrendous education and all of their problems aren't due to social media . . . nor are they the result of pill mills. West Virginia's issues were prevalent prior to both of those things.
"Bradley."
What is being done is increasing enrollment because WV, as a whole, has a tough time educating it's own population. Not really Marshall's fault when they have had to fight the state legislature for decades just to get approval for programs that region of the state needs.
Business idea? Sure. It definitely serves as such. Good for the region? Yes.
Are you shocked that MU would make a business based decision?
Probably.
What sucks is you're seeing forward thinking by a very successful person in an area/state that doesn't embrace change.
Risk? Yeah, there is, somewhere. If there's a view of success, there is always a risk. My guess is, it doesn't bring in more students and the population stagnates, it also, might actually end up hurting the academic standards as well, despite what is said.
Before social media, WV had a very hardworking population but it was severely limited to coal mining, construction, and some sort of physical labor. Women were nurses, teachers, and occasionally something else...with a single digit percentage being lawyers, doctors, etc.
Higher education wasn't emphasized.
Now, with such industries largely extinct, there is a huge gap in education as well as work.
Nowadays, social media is the new norm for students. They see the world and all these cool events and happenings, spend all their waking hours envisioning life as though they were in the same situations, and when asked how they intend to get there...have ZERO clue.
So many kids want the freedom and are given, actually, too much freedom as a freshman in college, the ability to actually say, "nah, not today" and skip class and go hiking, to scheduling their classes and making a schedule.
If another point you're trying to make is kids don't work hard because WV's school system isn't good nor formulated to encourage hard work, well, that goes both ways:
As said, plenty of kids are at a disadvantage, much of it is out of their hands and not because of them.
On the other hand, those with advantages, are always going to have them, thus, even an escape from an application process to an in-state school won't hinder their work ethic.
As for that, really dude? Someone with a 2.5 GPA is likely to be applying to more schools than others, because they are on the cusp of getting into them, and one less application but an automatic admittance does play a psychological factor, for the benefit of everyone.
If you're saying that WV schools suck because the leadership of the state sucks, and has sucked for decades, then I absolutely agree with you 100% on that. Sadly, this was an elaborate attempt for you to bash Brad and MU, but what you mistakenly have done, is brought attention to yet another good idea and potential game changer for MU.
So...thanks, I guess.
