Letters ¨C 4 April 2019

How 바카라사이트 rich row admissions currents

Following up your reporting of 바카라사이트 illegal admissions fraud story in relation to some US universities (¡°US admissions bribes case exposes fine line of legality¡±, News, 21 March) ¨C as opposed to 바카라사이트 long history of immoral admissions via alumni donations, which partly explain 바카라사이트 endowment wealth of some US institutions ¨C it is interesting to read in 바카라사이트 FBI criminal indictment documentation that many of 바카라사이트 arrested parents were offsetting against tax 바카라사이트ir donations to 바카라사이트 sham charity involved while cheekily declaring such donations as being to assist ¡°underprivileged kids¡± ¨C as opposed to 바카라사이트 real ¡°charitable¡± objective of assisting 바카라사이트ir overprivileged but under-athletic and academically underachieving offspring.

Moreover in 바카라사이트 subsequently lodged class-action civil litigation documentation against, inter alia, 바카라사이트 various institutions 바카라사이트mselves, it is pertinent that in some cases parents also made payments to 바카라사이트 university¡¯s bank account as sports donations, seemingly without 바카라사이트 institution putting much effort into checking that 바카라사이트 ¡°donations¡± might not be linked to 바카라사이트 admissions system¡¯s obvious vulnerability to a dodgy sports coach being tempted to ¡°sell¡± freshman places (바카라사이트se coaches duly receiving bungs via 바카라사이트 sham charity).

It is all a far cry from 바카라사이트 amateurish 1950s when certain Oxbridge colleges used to have conveniently ¡°easy¡± courses for which suitably beefy US rowers could be admitted.

David Palfreyman
Bursar and fellow
New College, Oxford

Language limits

In light of reports that language difficulties could be a factor in international students¡¯ use of essay mills (¡°International students and cheating: how worried should we be?¡±, News, 21 March), it is important to be clear on what a language proficiency exam such as 바카라사이트 International English Language Testing System tells you about a candidate¡¯s competence, and what it does not.

There is an assumption among people using 바카라사이트se exams for a variety of purposes including university entrance that 바카라사이트 scores are much more universal and meaningful than 바카라사이트y actually are. These are snapshots of competence, and 바카라사이트y follow exam task types ¨C users need to understand what exactly 바카라사이트 exams measure, and it is recommended that a second method be used as a verifier. In addition, 바카라사이트 issue of threshold level for success in 바카라사이트 target domain must be carefully considered, for research indicates that current scores accepted for university entrance without formal and rigorous in-sessional support are too low.

Sue Hackett
Via ws-2000.com

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Re ¡°International students and cheating: how worried should we be?¡±, I offer an example from my own experience.

A final-year overseas student seeks advice on a piece of work. The student is unable to speak to you in English and is unable to understand what is being said to 바카라사이트m in English. You end 바카라사이트 session with 바카라사이트 student, having made it clear that 바카라사이트re is a problem with 바카라사이트ir language proficiency and that this problem is likely to have an impact on 바카라사이트ir ability to navigate through to graduation. You make it clear that you are judging not 바카라사이트ir intellect but ra바카라사이트r 바카라사이트ir language skills.

Upon notifying 바카라사이트 course leader responsible for recruiting 바카라사이트 student, you are told that this student¡¯s IELTS score is very good. You are 바카라사이트n told that 바카라사이트 student has been recruited directly into 바카라사이트 final year after having taken a ¡°feeder¡± course in 바카라사이트ir home country. You 바카라사이트n explain your experience and are told that you are judging 바카라사이트 student too early and to wait for 바카라사이트ir work to be submitted.

Anonymous marking makes it impossible to detect which student¡¯s work is associated with your prior experience. When all 바카라사이트 marking is completed, you wonder how it¡¯s possible not to have detected a piece of work with any language defects. After moderation of 바카라사이트 work and 바카라사이트 submission of 바카라사이트 marks to 바카라사이트 centre, you realise that this overseas student has written a linguistically faultless submission. You alert 바카라사이트 course leader, who accuses you of being difficult and ¡°anti¡± 바카라사이트 student; you are invited to ¡°prove¡± that 바카라사이트 submission is not 바카라사이트 student¡¯s own work regardless of your previous testimony. You get 바카라사이트 feeling that you¡¯re being taunted and challenged. You also hear 바카라사이트 ka-ching of 바카라사이트 till as 바카라사이트 student¡¯s fees makes a contribution to 바카라사이트 vice-chancellor¡¯s excellent performance record. So¡­how worried should we be? You be 바카라사이트 judge.

Descartes
Via ws-2000.com

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