College Discussion - View Single Post - How do people view University of Michigan??? against other universities

anzacday · 05-08-2008, 03:24 PM

Hey MightyNick,

I know UM inside and out-- my grandfather taught there for decades. Over 25% of my graduating class went there. Many of the graduate programs are very fine, but the undergraduate education is trash.

Think of it this way: UM has a piddling $175,000 per student. My old school, which was not so hot, had about $350,000 per student. My new school has over $1.5 million per student. You simply cannot get a good education with such a small endowment.

A lecture class on Milton with 300 students... GSAs circulating around the auditorium with microphones, should one of the dumb in-staters have a question: NO THANKS!

The factory system of education is necessarily inferior.

It should also be mentioned that the architecture at UM is horrendous.

05-08-2008, 03:24 PM	#62
anzacday New Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Threads: 0 Posts: 16	Hey MightyNick, I know UM inside and out-- my grandfather taught there for decades. Over 25% of my graduating class went there. Many of the graduate programs are very fine, but the undergraduate education is trash. Think of it this way: UM has a piddling $175,000 per student. My old school, which was not so hot, had about $350,000 per student. My new school has over $1.5 million per student. You simply cannot get a good education with such a small endowment. A lecture class on Milton with 300 students... GSAs circulating around the auditorium with microphones, should one of the dumb in-staters have a question: NO THANKS! The factory system of education is necessarily inferior. It should also be mentioned that the architecture at UM is horrendous.