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Recently, the entertainment industry has been quakes, and popular celebrities collapsed one by one. He has bad character, occupies public resources, uses privileges for private purposes, and also has all the things that may be screened after writing them. It’s all touched. is a real punishment!
However, who said that only celebrities will collapse the house? Even the academic reputation is very good. It is an American university where many classmates dream of the love school. Scandals are constantly breaking out, and each one is more explosive.
Of course, there are thousands of ways to collapse houses, and scandals are just one of them. Many schools also have other unlucky places that can cause students to cardiac arrest .
Today, the editor will take you to sort out the American universities’ collapsed houses .
1. Ranking scandal
This is probably one of the most common forms of collapsed houses in American universities this year.
After the top student in the study abroad circle, Columbia University broke the scandal for ranking data fraud, the ranking of Columbia University dropped to 18th, and the already low water content is even worse.
But to be honest, the technical threshold for the so-called "demolition house" of Columbia University is not low, but in the report submitted to US News, it was claimed that 2100% of the faculty and staff of the school have Ph.D or lifelong degrees, .
What is more ironic is that in June this year, Columbia University officially announced its withdrawal from this year's US News ranking, which was a positive response to the 21-page short essay published by Professor Thaddeus on his website in February, questioning the ranking -
However, US News still obtained Columbia University data from the education department and some American university data centers and created this 18 ranking.
, but obviously, the data that US News has mastered is insufficient this year. Although Columbia University is not ranked second, the ranking of 18 is still low. I don’t know if it is considered a punishment for US News. The ranking scandal of
is like the zombie fans of celebrities who are making sales, which is common in American universities.
Not long ago this year, a student at published an article in the school newspaper The Daily Pennsylvanian stating that in terms of data provided by Pennsylvania, the teacher-student ratio provided by US News, only counted the number of undergraduate students, thereby reducing the teacher-student ratio.
Pen University students accused the school of providing wrong data
Last year, a former dean of Temple University's Business School was found guilty of using fraudulent data to improve the school's national ranking and increase income from 2014 to 2018;
In 2019, five universities were also exposed to the same ranking data incorrectly, and even the UC Berkeley, which has always had good reputations, had problems;
Five years ago, U.S. News pulled it out of the ranking because the data related to the School of Education was inaccurate. Former USC sports administrator Donna Heinel
received more than $1.3 million in bribes.
ranking is indeed the most efficient way to improve school prestige, but it also means that many American universities report to ranking departments can achieve "progress" that is visible to the naked eye with just a few numbers. Once
is on the blacklist by the list, it can be seen that the universities are indeed "urgent", and the collapse of the house is completely complete.
Then, the ranking of the university of collapsed houses will be mentioned with others. The other party will definitely praise it on the surface, but in fact, in his heart os: "Oh, that's the fake one."
2. Admission scandal
In addition to packaging itself and creating a "personality", the most important thing that can make the image of a dream school collapse is to know that some people are actually at the top of ordinary students' desire to climb when they are born.
Just on September 15, the former dean of the University of Southern California School of Social Work admitted to accepting bribes from Los Angeles City Councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas.
In order to get the MP's son to get a paid professorship position, she accepted a bribe of $100,000.
In addition, lawmakers have proposed financial support to the University of Southern California School of Social Work to fill the college’s multi-million-dollar budget deficit. The former dean promised to provide his son with full tuition scholarships and paid professorship positions.What's even more suffocating is that the reason why this son wants to enroll is that faces allegations of sexual harassment and has to resign from the state assembly , and , South China University of South China University of China just became his springboard...
I can't imagine what will happen if the students of the School of Social Work meet such a professor once it is done.
Nanjia University collapsed due to negative news related to admission. The most extensive and bold admission scandal in American history is also related to the US University of Southern California.
In 2019, federal prosecutors filed charges against 50 people, who were more or less involved in bribery and bought their children into top Ivy League .
Among them, Donna Heinel, a sports executive at the University of Southern California, and Jovan Vavic, a coach of the men's and women's water polo teams, were involved.
According to federal prosecutors, Heinel received more than $1.3 million in bribes, and Vavich received about $250,000 in bribes.
However, this time, the largest housing collapse incident in American universities in history is not only involved in Southern California.
From the University of Texas at Austin, to Wake Forest, to Georgetown, and even Yale , athletic coaches at these top universities are accused of receiving millions of dollars, identifying students who do not have a sport at all as high-level athletes and then accepting them.
Good guy, this is the legendary "all-member evil people".
was also made into a documentary in 2019: Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal, which has become a new Chinese dictionary that many international students often watch on the list of new movies.
However, universities also tried hard to defend themselves: for example, USC insisted that it was also a victim in the admission scandal, and admissions officials did not know that students' achievements were obtained through improper channels;
At the same time, universities also strongly condemned individuals who used their privileges to stuff unqualified applicants into campuses.
International students studying in a foreign country simply believe that the admission standards for American universities will be more fair and comprehensive; but it is difficult not to refuse to quit the admission scandals that have been constantly exposed by some popular top universities.
3. Alumni collapsed house
Compared with the school itself, the collapse of alumni may not have a great impact on the school’s image.
However, for schools that are not very famous or do not know anything outside the study abroad circle, the label of "collapsed house alumni" will be firmly tied to the school.
At this time, the students who were touched could only curse "unlucky" and cross the cyber brazier.
, which has many celebrity alumni, is an example of this.
is often labeled as " Wang Leehom alma mater" and " Wang Yuan , Ouyang Nana alma mater", and it is always inevitable to be trampled in the battle of celebrities' stomping.
This year, after Wang Leehom's epic collapsed, Berkeley's reputation was often misunderstood, and he even drooled a lot for no reason.
A little earlier after the Shuangzi incident broke out, a large number of marketing accounts revealed the life experience of Shuangzi's boyfriend Zhang Heng , and claimed that the Ohio State University (OSU) he studied was a pheasant university, thus establishing himself as a grassroots personality of Zhang Heng.
OSU is like walking on the street and suddenly someone kicks it.
Spanning brazier
It should also be explained here that alumni schools should be separated, and alumni collapsed houses do not completely mean that the school collapsed houses.
Don’t deny the academic level of the entire school just because of one or two rat shit! This is something that only unscrupulous marketing accounts can do!
3. The admission rate plummeted
Falling in love with a school not only because of its super professional strength and rich resources, but also because of its friendly admission rate.
When Ivy League schools successively pressed the admission rate below 5%, there were always a few little angels, such as UCSD, UCI, UCD and the former NYU , who would generously extend their hands to everyone who was rejected.
But this year, many 2026ers feel back-pricked. In previous years, schools that have been tolerant and open-minded and never disliked their classmates, which were slightly deficient in one aspect, have rebelled and refused to let their letters fly everywhere.
For example, the former popular lover New York University has been unable to reach the top.
From 2020 to 2022, the admission rate of NYU University has been falling year by year, from 15% to 12%, while the median SAT is rising year by year.
For example, UCI, UCD and UCSD have always been friendly to international students, and the admission rate of international students is also declining year by year.
This year, the number of international students admitted to UCI has dropped by 4,000 compared with 2020, while the number of UCSD has dropped by 7,000!
. Everyone should also know that the number of applicants in the UCh system is getting more and more years. Let’s look at the fewer admissions students every year. This room is almost collapsed!
4. Campus accident
The most worrying thing about American campuses is probably safety. Who would risk his life to study?
However, there are also many universities that do not have strong academic strength, but because the crime rate around the campus is unacceptable and they lose students.
Last year, the news of the murder of Chinese students from the University of Chicago shocked the entire study abroad circle.
The application season that followed, many students who received the offer from the University of Chicago did not choose to enroll in the end.
A student from the University of Chicago spontaneously commemorates the murdered students
It can be seen that if a university collapses its house in terms of campus safety, how much impact will it be.
Other schools that worry about public security include Southern California University, Utah University , UCLA, UCSB, and UIUCh, which breaks the circle because of the Yingying case, and lets people outside the study abroad circle know in a not-so-glorious way...
. In UCSB, there are 20.4 violent cases and 122.6 property crimes in every 10,000 students.
UCLA is even more heavyweight, with 20 violent crimes and 183 property crimes in every 10,000 students. There have been murders of Chinese students who shocked the country and abroad at the University of Southern California and the University of Utah.
, such a tragic "house collapse", always appears in the news, strengthens parents' stereotypes about "America is very dangerous" .
5. Tuition fees increase
When tuition fees are paid every year, it is a large-scale fan breaking site for various universities.
Even the international students who were full of school spirits on the field and when the rankings were announced, looking at the long bills on the portal, they inevitably had the urge to greet the principals of the school for the 18th generation; this is especially true for private schools.
This year, almost all universities across the United States have increased their tuition fees. Boston University tuition increased by 4.25% this year, the highest in 14 years; tuition for
USCh increased by 5%, directly to $63,468; Syracuse University management also voted to pass a 4.5% increase in tuition increased.
Look at the whole United States again. The average tuition fee for private schools in 2023 has reached $44,433, a full increase of $6,000 from 2018.
134% higher tuition and fees for private universities, while tuition and fees for out-of-state fees for public universities increased by 141%; tuition and fees for public universities increased the fastest in state, with a growth of 175%.
Compared with the previous year, the cost of colleges across the United States has increased by about 1% to 3% this year.
percentage seems not high, but for private schools with high tuition fees, they are really challenging the bottom line of the wallet of poor international students again and again.
Don’t say anything, can’t afford to go to school, and the house collapsed.
6.Written at the end
American universities are not perfect. Many international students have long been used to the collapse of their own universities. After all, the school is the first to be a university, everything is done.
However, it cannot completely deny the value of school education just because of the abuse of privileges by individuals and force majeure factors under the general environment.
I still hope that all international students can view negative news from universities objectively and rationally, and do not generalize.
But if your own rights are indeed damaged due to the shortcomings of the university, you must also stand up and speak out! After all, universities are also composed of specific people.
Have your university ever "collapsed"? Have you "get rid of your fans" and "turned to black" because of this?
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