Letter: DeVos is useless for policing this travesty of education

DeVos useless for policing
this travesty of education

Re: “University slammed as ‘visa mill’ gets warning over student jobs” (Page C7, March 21):

Years ago, earning a college degree was well-respected and a passport to a successful life. Today, a diploma mill can call themselves a “college” or even a “university,” attract foreign students to facilitate visas and even grant worthless “degrees of higher learning.”

This cabal of “educators” has even formed companies to accredit themselves. Our federal Department of Education, with Betsy DeVos’ blind love of private schools, is useless for nationally policing this travesty of education, but perhaps California can rid ourselves of this infection.

Very simply, California could both tighten the definition of the titles “college” and “university” to prevent their casual use and form an official state accreditation board to assure the public that any school within our state is worthwhile.

Ronald Johnstone
Santa Clara

 

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