British Colleges Selling Screen Saver Ad Space

gotroot801 writes: "The Chronicle of Higher Education is reporting that eighteen British institutions plan to generate income during the coming academic year by displaying advertisements on the computer screen savers of students, professors, and staff members. Why does this remind me of that Simpsons episode where Troy McClure is teaching a Pepsi-sponsored class?"

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British universities are reaching new lows

[MSBob]

This is getting ridiculous. British colleges/universities are achieving new lows. They charge extorsion money for their courses to all those outside of the EU (usually > $13,000 per academic year) and they keep enrolling foreign students who can barely speak English. Then they somehow manage to graduate them despite their abysmal language skills. I'm not xenophobic by saying this. I was a foreign student in Britain between 1992 and 1998. Last two years of my studies I saw the levels of education quickly decline while the oveseas tuition fees went through the roof at the same time. They became huge government approved money machines. What they are doing with this is their greed getting beyond belief. And note that I'm not talking about those colleges that pretend to be universities. In my case I'm talking about the University of Edinburgh. Last five years it's gone downhill so much it's not even funny. British education ain't nearly what it used to be.