Scott Walker Dumbs Down Wisconsin

To understand this story you have to understand two things that are relevant to it.  Number one, we  all know that Scott Walker dropped/was kicked out of Marquette and basically went right into politics. Number two, we also know that Scott Walker cut $1.6 Billion from public education in Wisconsin.  

Scott Walker who has a history of devaluing education, is at it again.   Scott Walker recently announced a new online degree initiative.  

A new self-paced, competency-based program for finishing a college degree online, and ostensibly making college more affordable and accessible, was announced Tuesday by Gov. Scott Walker and two top University of Wisconsin System officials.

The new UW Flexible Degree is touted as a transformation of higher education in Wisconsin, and an economic engine to drive up the state's per capita income by producing more college graduates trained for higher-paying jobs.

The new path to a degree will allow adults to start classes anytime, work at their own pace and earn credit for what they already have learned in school or on the job once they prove college-level competencies, UW officials said.

Sitting in class, learning from highly trained and educated professors, and being able to work and learn from your classmates is yesterdays education model.  Today's(thanks to Scott Walker) is one where you can sit at your computer,  google as you go, and skipping classes by taking minimum competency standardized tests.   (FYI:  Most companies who reimburse for college credit, will not honor online college classes).  

Now as capper likes to tell us, there is always more.   Scott Walker justifies it because of his laziness, incompetence and ignorance, letting everyone know that he was incapable of finishing his degree while thousands of hard working Wisconsites have already done the same.  

The governor said he could relate to adults seeking to finish a college degree. He left Marquette University his senior year to take a job with the American Red Cross and hasn't finished his degree.

"I kept thinking I'd go back, got married, had one kid, had another kid, next thing you know . . . you're worrying more about paying for your kids' college education than you are for your own," Walker said.

 Finally, how do we know that this is headed for a complete failure?  Steve nASS/Mike Mikalsen endorse it.

 

Rep. Steve Nass (R-Whitewater), chairman of the Assembly Colleges and Universities Committee, supports the new online model, according to Mike Mikalsen, an aide to nASS..

"It's something, frankly, the rest of public universities and the private universities have been doing already," Mikalsen said.

O yes one more thing that is typical to the Scott Walker style of government, Let's quickly pass something then figure it out later.

Mikalsen said the lawmaker was still waiting to see more details about the plan, such as how hard it will be to pass the online competency tests.

"We're all interested to see how that's going to work," he said.