Re:Students fight back over course taught by AI
by ecshafer on Thursday November 20, 2025 @10:07AM
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Are Polytechnics not considered universities in Europe? RPI (Rensalear Polytechnic Institute) or CalPoly (California Polytechnic Institute) for example in the US are just normal universities, usually with more of a technical, engineering focused. But they are essentially the same "level" as a university.
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Re:Students fight back over course taught by AI
by HeinzStuckeIt on Thursday November 20, 2025 @10:09AM
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In Finland, the institutions that now call themselves “Universities of Applied Science” in English for marketing reasons, are still known in Finnish as ammatikorkeakoulu “tertiary professional-training institutions” and this is a rung below actual universities (yliopisto) in terms of both quality of education and social prestige.
Re:Students fight back over course taught by AI
by pjc50 on Thursday November 20, 2025 @10:14AM
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The UK collapsed the poly/uni distinction thirty or so years ago, as it was seen as a source of class discrimination.
Re:Students fight back over course taught by AI
by Enk1du on Thursday November 20, 2025 @10:45AM
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> The Further and Higher Education Act 1992 (c. 13) made changes in the funding and administration of further education and higher education [0]
It was more about reducing budgets. That Conservative government was not filled with class warriors. Oh, how times have changed.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Further_and_Higher_Education_A...