USF dean quits for a cause

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<p>"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.</p>

<p>Read more: <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/matier-ross/article/USF-official-quits-over-China-students-3887904.php#ixzz27QiRosJd"&gt;http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/matier-ross/article/USF-official-quits-over-China-students-3887904.php#ixzz27QiRosJd&lt;/a&gt;"&lt;/p&gt;

<p>[USF</a> official quits over China students - SFGate](<a href=“http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/matier-ross/article/USF-official-quits-over-China-students-3887904.php]USF”>http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/matier-ross/article/USF-official-quits-over-China-students-3887904.php)</p>

<p>– Surprised that this isn’t an issue in more schools.</p>

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<p>Oh, it is an issue in more schools. It may not have come out yet, but it will. It’s an issue in law schools, too. China isn’t the only source of full-pay students with poor English, it’s just the largest. (Students from India generally have better English skills.)</p>

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<p>I won’t say the name of the school, but just yesterday I received an email from a friend at a college that has been chasing full-pay Chinese students, and dozens of them didn’t show for classes despite registering. Apparently, there are middlemen who get people in multiple colleges, send in money to all of them and then just don’t show up. Meanwhile, the college has hired faculty, created sections, etc expecting people to show up who don’t.</p>