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[h=2]USF’s Associate Dean quits over deluge of PRC students[/h]
October 15th, 2012 |
Author: Online Press
(Sep 24) – The University
of San Francisco’s aggressive recruitment of students from China -
many of whom have trouble speaking English – has led to the resignation
of one of the campus’ top business-school officials.
Dayle
Smith, associate dean of undergraduate studies at the School
of Management, quit amid what some see as a tug-of-war between academic
integrity and the desire to diversify the prestigious private school through
aggressive recruitment.
This year, 781 of the 10,017 students enrolled at USF are Chinese nationals,
the vast majority of them in the business school. They’re paying full freight –
$36,000 a year in tuition.
Some of the new students’ language skills, however, were so poor that they
were given headsets for English-to-Mandarin translation during orientation.
Business school Dean Mike Webber said in his Sept. 8 letter
to staffers announcing Smith’s exit that the “considerable increase” in foreign
students this year is not in and of itself a cause for concern.
“But given that so many of these students have weak English skills and are
disproportionately from one country, we are going to be faced with some unique
pedagogical and cultural challenges,” he wrote.
.
Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/matie...over-China-students-3887904.php#ixzz29KtQbzUN
(Sep 24) – The University of San Francisco’s aggressive recruitment of students from China -
many of whom have trouble speaking English – has led to the resignation
of one of the campus’ top business-school officials.
Dayle
Smith, associate dean of undergraduate studies at the School
of Management, quit amid what some see as a tug-of-war between academic
integrity and the desire to diversify the prestigious private school through
aggressive recruitment.
This year, 781 of the 10,017 students enrolled at USF are Chinese nationals,
the vast majority of them in the business school. They’re paying full freight –
$36,000 a year in tuition.
Some of the new students’ language skills, however, were so poor that they
were given headsets for English-to-Mandarin translation during orientation.
Business school Dean Mike Webber said in his Sept. 8 letter
to staffers announcing Smith’s exit that the “considerable increase” in foreign
students this year is not in and of itself a cause for concern.
“But given that so many of these students have weak English skills and are
disproportionately from one country, we are going to be faced with some unique
pedagogical and cultural challenges,” he wrote.
.
Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/matie...over-China-students-3887904.php#ixzz29KtQbzUN
