{"id":500,"date":"2007-03-02T13:52:03","date_gmt":"2007-03-02T18:52:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/?p=500"},"modified":"2007-03-02T13:52:41","modified_gmt":"2007-03-02T18:52:41","slug":"u-of-phoenix-advertising-on-scienceblogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/03\/02\/u-of-phoenix-advertising-on-scienceblogs\/","title":{"rendered":"U of Phoenix advertising on ScienceBlogs?!?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scienceblogs.com\/pharyngula\/\"><img src='https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/wp-content\/images\/PZ_Phoenix.jpg?w=840&#038;ssl=1' alt='Ad for U of Phoenix on Pharyngula' data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So I was browsing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scienceblogs.com\/pharyngula\/\">Pharyngula<\/a> when I should have been getting some lunch, and was saddened to see an ad for the University of Phoenix there next to PeeZed&#8217;s lucid and fiery prose.  One can make an argument (and Phoenix certainly does) that Phoenix is providing an important service to people who can&#8217;t quit everything and spend four years in college.  The profit motive clearly confuses things in deep and unfortunate ways, though (much like the college athletics mess in the U.S.), and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2007\/02\/11\/education\/11phoenix.html?pagewanted=1&#038;ei=5088&#038;en=5c8573d57de4bffe&#038;ex=1328850000&#038;partner=rssnyt&#038;emc=rss\">recent blistering NY Times article<\/a> nicely discusses many of the issues at hand.<\/p>\n<p>I realize that the ad was almost certainly arranged through ScienceBlogs rather than PeeZed directly.  Still, to see Paul&#8217;s writing next to that ad was nearly as jarring as a banner for a church (or Republican Party) fundraiser.  He (and pretty much all of us at UMM) have hitched our wagons to a style and philosophy of education that emphasizes personal contact, face-to-face interaction, and an emphasis on <em>ideas<\/em>, critical thinking and analysis, and our students&#8217; development rather than profit.<\/p>\n<p>Hmph.<\/p>\nNo tag for this post.\n\t<h4>Related posts<\/h4>\n\t<ul class=\"st-related-posts\">\n\t<li>No related posts.<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So I was browsing Pharyngula when I should have been getting some lunch, and was saddened to see an ad for the University of Phoenix there next to PeeZed&#8217;s lucid and fiery prose. One can make an argument (and Phoenix certainly does) that Phoenix is providing an important service to people who can&#8217;t quit everything &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/03\/02\/u-of-phoenix-advertising-on-scienceblogs\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;U of Phoenix advertising on ScienceBlogs?!?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0},"categories":[17,15,6],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p90sy-84","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":752,"url":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/12\/14\/a-few-more-seconds-of-fame\/","url_meta":{"origin":500,"position":0},"title":"A few more seconds of fame","author":"Nic McPhee","date":"14 Dec 07","format":false,"excerpt":"My 15 minutes would appear to be scattered like little breadcrumbs across the trail of my existence, and yesterday I discovered a few more. 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