What Makes a "Good College" - and Why It Matters | Cecilia M. Orphan | TED

Why are "good colleges" often the ones that accept the fewest students? Exposing the harmful consequences of society's obsession with highly rejective (and expensive) universities, educator Cecilia M. Orphan asks us to rethink what makes institutions "prestigious" and consider directing funds and attention to where they're needed most: regional public universities that serve all students. A call for schools to be judged by the opportunities they create -- not the ones they stifle.
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  • @GhostEr-mc1zd
    @GhostEr-mc1zd Жыл бұрын

    From the video above I can conclude; -the university that you dream of most becomes the university that refuses the most, because there are not enough places andregional university is the university that accepts us the most, -if you are rich then donate your money to a regional university and the last word that the native speaker said was the most motivating "that do not carewhere were you born Or how much money your parents have You should have the opportunity to attend college"

  • @BingoBilingual
    @BingoBilingual Жыл бұрын

    Wow! this speech gives me a whole new perspective, and I'm moved to tears every time the speaker's voice cracked. So beautifully delivered, thank you!

  • @sharonalbright402
    @sharonalbright402 Жыл бұрын

    Cecilia, so sorry about your mom 😓 Thank you for your research and speech.

  • @ralph8073
    @ralph8073 Жыл бұрын

    Wonderful! Brilliant! Thank you for shining a light on this topic!

  • @ignorasmus
    @ignorasmus Жыл бұрын

    If you want to learn, we want to teach! - Should be motto of a university.

  • @victornoagbodji
    @victornoagbodji Жыл бұрын

    Excellent and thought provoking talk.

  • @monmon2282
    @monmon228210 ай бұрын

    this speech has completely changed my mindset about RPUS.

  • @meenakshi6344
    @meenakshi6344 Жыл бұрын

    Brilliant talk. Changes one's perspective.

  • @djw8888
    @djw8888 Жыл бұрын

    Best Ted talk I've ever heard. Thank you.

  • @DhananjaySingh-xk8gx
    @DhananjaySingh-xk8gx Жыл бұрын

    Well drafted,well crafted and excellently orated, Rich college are made fatter in all senses and RPU are made poorer by all means and ways

  • @solofunk
    @solofunk Жыл бұрын

    Powerful and well said!

  • @nishitverma1787
    @nishitverma1787 Жыл бұрын

    Very inspiring and motivated speech ❤

  • @andreamcmahon30
    @andreamcmahon30 Жыл бұрын

    BRILIANT talk,thank you for opening my eyes

  • @rjrjrjj4461
    @rjrjrjj4461 Жыл бұрын

    thank you Ceciliam Orphan~, u are amazing

  • @HueLe-ed2qj
    @HueLe-ed2qj11 ай бұрын

    I think there's a point to notice. Some of the money donated in highly rejected school is for scholarship and as the donation is higher, the value of scholarship may be higher, which can help some students. Therefore, as the intention of the sponsors is to foster the talented, there's no doubt for their decision on which universities donated.

  • @joshuapitong899
    @joshuapitong899 Жыл бұрын

    You touched my heart.❤😢

  • @Canadian_Life11
    @Canadian_Life11 Жыл бұрын

    Wonderful speech👍👍

  • @sayianjacob7788
    @sayianjacob7788 Жыл бұрын

    Very true. Thanks for making nus aware of this.

  • @denisripley8699
    @denisripley8699 Жыл бұрын

    Good point about 'educating' the masses - improving upward mobility etc. 'Research' seems to be the main thrust of the so called 'prestigeous' unis and, ultimately, increased 'spin-offs' from these unis. Funding for research projects is paramount to these institutions and teaching undergrads seemingly secondary. Reputation too has an enormous impact upon potential employers and relative 'worth' of various degrees from various institutions.

  • @NataaLii
    @NataaLii Жыл бұрын

    wow... well said!

  • @laniegirl11
    @laniegirl1111 ай бұрын

    Showing this to my AVID classes for our first Framework Friday. A) so they realize why we have AVID and b) to help change the dialogue. Trade schools matter. Job training matters. College AND career readiness matters.

  • @oynadagi_aks
    @oynadagi_aks Жыл бұрын

    Excellent speech

  • @samuelzev4076
    @samuelzev4076 Жыл бұрын

    A good college in my opinion is an institution that gives students the freedom what they want to learn, how much they are willing to pay for courses and giving students the freedom how they are going to learn. Let’s be honest, most colleges fail all of these criterias, at least in the US. Most students don’t need to be in colleges but rather in other learning institutions like a private school or mentoring program

  • @theingitun6750
    @theingitun6750 Жыл бұрын

    Good point!

  • @dog-farm
    @dog-farm Жыл бұрын

    Best topic for all people❤️

  • @tuyettrinh2323
    @tuyettrinh2323 Жыл бұрын

    video changed my mind❤

  • @christopherlynch3314
    @christopherlynch3314 Жыл бұрын

    Proud graduate of Central Washington University. CWU, go Wildcats!

  • @robertriggs75
    @robertriggs75 Жыл бұрын

    I would like to see a study of how efficient Regional public universities are compared to bigger state schools or ivy league schools. I image RPUs have to be educating more people for less money

  • @Olivia_rosette

    @Olivia_rosette

    Жыл бұрын

    I just started a KZread channel for cash management and entrepreneurs , and I have so much ideas. Do you want to hear them

  • @kevinrushing5667
    @kevinrushing5667 Жыл бұрын

    Interesting talk. To me, the primary reason to go to college is to get a job. I also believe the reason schools are expensive is not primarily due to lack of funding, it’s primarily due to the fact that the government subsidizes the administrative side and gives irresponsible student loans with no income and no collateral. Due to almost no barriers for these loans, anyone can pay virtually any price for college. There’s a reason why the tuition inflation rate is somewhere in the 7-8% range. A side note, using terms like “Latinx” is absurd.

  • @daheikkinen

    @daheikkinen

    Жыл бұрын

    That wasn’t the original purpose of the university or education, which was to free the mind from its shackles, to “lead out of” (educere in Latin). Your model is the more recent Prussian model, to create capable workers. A trade school or boot camp can teach you how to be a capable worker. Our universities have lost their original telos. I agree with you on everything else.

  • @kevinrushing5667

    @kevinrushing5667

    Жыл бұрын

    @@daheikkinen I agree with you that was the intended purpose of universities, but I don’t agree that it’s still their purpose today. In today’s world, educational resources are endless between the internet, public libraries, etc. College is the most expensive form of education and a rather impractical and insufficient method in my opinion. Given that almost all corporations and many other companies either require or heavily emphasize a college degree, the best use of a college degree is to get a job. I’m definitely an advocate for regional public colleges and trade schools for my kids. I’d love for my kids to be highly-educated, well-read, successful people without a college education lol

  • @DannyBoy443

    @DannyBoy443

    Жыл бұрын

    Interesting point of view. I think (truly) is become (or start to at least) become a good, self fulfilled adult in your region then the world. Friends, career connections, living on your own/handling money etc. It all contributes.

  • @denisripley8699

    @denisripley8699

    Жыл бұрын

    Maybe 'Alumnus/Alumna' will need an 'Alumnx' descriptor too ?

  • @hsmd4533

    @hsmd4533

    10 ай бұрын

    The price tag is also high because of bloated administrative payrolls and the growth in DEI nonsense.

  • @vanthawng154
    @vanthawng154 Жыл бұрын

    quite inspiring

  • @byeant7670
    @byeant7670 Жыл бұрын

    Amazing

  • @razanabudoleh9157
    @razanabudoleh9157 Жыл бұрын

    You know, we have the same problem in the Middle East. They always support the most famous universities and forget about the others. It’s so sad 😢

  • @Faishal_D_Ismail
    @Faishal_D_Ismail11 ай бұрын

    nice talk

  • @thanhphuoc1209
    @thanhphuoc1209 Жыл бұрын

    Nice talk

  • @igweogba6774
    @igweogba6774 Жыл бұрын

    Let everyone in. Anyone can get in, but can everyone graduate?

  • @jenu6713
    @jenu6713 Жыл бұрын

    fresh and nice idea.

  • @anastasiyazmeyova6659
    @anastasiyazmeyova6659 Жыл бұрын

    Nice speech, with tears on my face😢. The system with higher education for all people( and medicine as well) calls socialism. Wish it for all countries

  • @haromnnyd.corporanc.6807
    @haromnnyd.corporanc.6807 Жыл бұрын

    Inspiring Speech ❤🤗

  • @jiniqeee
    @jiniqeee Жыл бұрын

    ❤ Awesome 👌

  • @alfredhitchcock45
    @alfredhitchcock4510 ай бұрын

    I want an accepting college for a difficult course. Pag generic course, you need high brand college.

  • @dr.mohitsharmatalks2
    @dr.mohitsharmatalks2 Жыл бұрын

    Welldone

  • @karolgrabarski
    @karolgrabarski Жыл бұрын

    great talk❤

  • @daliathaler756
    @daliathaler756 Жыл бұрын

    So important ❤

  • @sabrinavalorant6005

    @sabrinavalorant6005

    Жыл бұрын

    bom demais :)

  • @djw8888
    @djw8888 Жыл бұрын

    And don't just designate the school's athletic department as the recipient as happened at the University of Houston. The large donation funded a posh, state-of-the-art facility for athlete's use only. The old gym for use by tens of thousands of students was in blatant disrepair.

  • @funnytv-1631
    @funnytv-1631 Жыл бұрын

    Real change is built upon gratitude. An improved body does not mean you are throwing this one away. It means you are taking care of it. Lauren Hutton said, “We have to be able to grow up. Our wrinkles are our medals of the passage of life. They are what we have been through and who we want to be.“ There is no disdain in the world of Fabulous. As you transform, remember that it is this person who has marched through the world. You can change something about yourself, but you do not need to hate yourself for it. Quite the opposite.

  • @sonykumari20
    @sonykumari20 Жыл бұрын

    ❤️

  • @user-wg8uz5td4m
    @user-wg8uz5td4m Жыл бұрын

    Yes...Rights...

  • @LunaFlahy
    @LunaFlahy Жыл бұрын

    I tried after watching this. I am a CSU student.

  • @francescos7361
    @francescos7361 Жыл бұрын

    Love this woman and respect her .I appreciate her however my anger but I don't know people loves you however ahahaha.

  • @datafakts
    @datafakts Жыл бұрын

    Sadly in a competitive capitalist society, rarity is valued. Irrational exclusion is money. Knowledge is worthless if everyone is educated and the internet is full of information and AI assistance makes knowledge even more worthless. Educating without exclusion criteria will just create false hope and many unemployed or overeducated in a changing digital global monopolised landscape that is will now further be disrupted by the AI takeover by Californias monopolies. Lifelong learning was never lifelong earning. Knowledge and Courses are cheap on the internet. All that Universities can sell are exclusion criteria, based on class, income and nepotism. Besides some outliers, it's not what you know, it's who you know that gets you the money to survive.

  • @user-sp3wd2fb4x
    @user-sp3wd2fb4x Жыл бұрын

    In China,the high-school students who are poor get a chance to the college despite it only continues two days and will decide almost your whole life left.

  • @user-tg1sq9yw2q
    @user-tg1sq9yw2q Жыл бұрын

    Foxify is best trading plat

  • @angelang4194
    @angelang4194 Жыл бұрын

    You are describing Europe's universities. But USA doesn't believe in public welthness. The same in hospitals....

  • @aldovalkovich755
    @aldovalkovich755 Жыл бұрын

    To be carved in marble.

  • @Penguinracer
    @Penguinracer9 күн бұрын

    The US ranks 27th in the Global Social Mobility Index, behind countries such as the United Kingdom, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Austria. Were the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution intended to found a country which offered less opportunity than the older colonial powers of Europe? Perhaps the US has lost its way and its principles when it comes to equality of opportunity across education, healthcare and social inclusion?

  • @KKHighlights
    @KKHighlights8 ай бұрын

    Attentional rich billionaire out there watching this. Please consider donating to Colorado Mesa University. 🙏🏽 Go Mavs!

  • @WetsheChirha
    @WetsheChirha Жыл бұрын

    I love education but I hate schools 🫴🦴

  • @sci-filover7541
    @sci-filover7541 Жыл бұрын

    There is no such thing as a good college, period.

  • @daheikkinen
    @daheikkinen Жыл бұрын

    Tuition has increased primarily because equity officers have bloated the administrations of state universities. The University of Michigan spends 18 million dollars annually (!) on equity administrators. How about admissions be based on merit and not diversity quotas, which are unconstitutional and about to be struck down by the Supreme Court.

  • @westwoods7675

    @westwoods7675

    Жыл бұрын

    Source?

  • @seantran3499

    @seantran3499

    Жыл бұрын

    admission based on merit would still be inequitable, colleges would again be skewed more to white upper class families with resources and money. someone always loses, and even with diversity quotas today there really isn’t as much representation as you think.

  • @daheikkinen

    @daheikkinen

    Жыл бұрын

    @@seantran3499 The point isn’t equity or representation. The point is merit. Let’s say you have to go to a doctor for a major life-saving surgery. And one doctor who could help is black. But he got into the best university because they gave black applicants admissions with lower scores than white applicants. And there is another white doctor with the same credentials. I wouldn’t go with the black doctor. Say the situation is reversed, and black people have to score higher on tests than white people to become doctors (which would also be crazy). In that case, I would choose the black doctor, because he must have scored higher.

  • @daheikkinen

    @daheikkinen

    Жыл бұрын

    @@seantran3499 They would be skewed towards Asians, not whites.

  • @cellulardevices3137

    @cellulardevices3137

    Жыл бұрын

    ⁠​⁠@@daheikkinen Then, maybe the black doctor was given the opportunity to earn their degree in a higher standing college. If they learned from the same professors and had the same experience then the quality of doctor should be the same. Getting in is only a small part of the battle. You still have to pass the classes, understand and work hard. Scores do not always make a better doctor.

  • @YY-rv3ku
    @YY-rv3ku11 ай бұрын

    I am not convinced by the speaker. I believe that a good school should still be selective, but provide bursaries for needy students. When a school is not selective in its admission and graduation criteria, it inevitably dilutes the credibility of its degree. When there are many schools that are not selective, having *a* college degree will no longer be a selection criteria for well-paying jobs, instead the criteria will be to have a *good* college degree. Defining social mobility in terms of the change in college degrees issued seems to be a over-simplification of the issue at large.

  • @scatton61
    @scatton61 Жыл бұрын

    Ones that set high standards and have high expectations of behaviour and commitment from their learners. Not holding those who can back for those who struggle. One that expect learners to behave as adults and stand on their own two feet and to ask for help when they need it.

  • @barelyabear7956

    @barelyabear7956

    Жыл бұрын

    College that has a high standards are actually the awful ones, ones in korea have high standards you know what happened to their learners? They commit suicide

  • @daheikkinen
    @daheikkinen Жыл бұрын

    Hillsdale or bust.

  • @mrd.808
    @mrd.808 Жыл бұрын

    Good effective knowledge should be free for all. We as humans will most likely advance quicker (think working together like a group of ants). Unfortunately, greed, capitalism, slows, hampers, funnel-effect overall human advancements. When zoomed out into the galaxy, we humans are very insignificant in the vast infinite space. Thank goodness I'm Christian ✝️. I'd rather live forever with my heavenly Creator and create galaxies of my family tree. ❤

  • @bobbullethalf
    @bobbullethalf Жыл бұрын

    With the advent of KZread and other online resources you can “learn” just about everything you want. I am more an advocate for technical education than learning history.

  • @letsgobrandon5800

    @letsgobrandon5800

    Жыл бұрын

    In other words, you believe like many that a lot of degrees like gender studies are worthless.

  • @bobbullethalf

    @bobbullethalf

    Жыл бұрын

    @@letsgobrandon5800, but how could you make money in “gender studies,” when you can make up to $100,000 a year being an electrician? Does not make sense to me at all!

  • @cmb2368

    @cmb2368

    Жыл бұрын

    @@bobbullethalf It's time to shed the stigma that exists around going into a trade. It's outright wrong.

  • @user-hx4ok5xk1j
    @user-hx4ok5xk1j Жыл бұрын

    I hate school

  • @barelyabear7956

    @barelyabear7956

    Жыл бұрын

    Same

  • @madinaqochqorova8730

    @madinaqochqorova8730

    Жыл бұрын

    Where r u from ? America Our students dream about studying there

  • @fathimahsyifa7872

    @fathimahsyifa7872

    Жыл бұрын

    so do i, but sometimes school is also fun

  • @handlemonium

    @handlemonium

    Жыл бұрын

    ​​@@fathimahsyifa7872 Bullying is no joke. I got panced and peer pressured imto getting a pretty bad concussion once in elementary school. Then came the depression of not being able to spend as much time with close friends in middle & high school. Sure the schools I went to were some of the best academically in my area, but my social experience definitely has left me mental scars and stains. Haven't followed through on college yet, but hopefully it'll be better this time around.

  • @eptraicogisai2776

    @eptraicogisai2776

    Жыл бұрын

    Lmao😂😂

  • @mrdavinci4178
    @mrdavinci4178 Жыл бұрын

    Don't waste your money on college.

  • @B.D.E.

    @B.D.E.

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah, don't go to school, stay retarded kids, then you can grow up thinking the Joe Rogan show and reddit are where real learning happens. 🤣

  • @jaye739

    @jaye739

    Жыл бұрын

    Tell that to my kids.

  • @christiangonzales3642

    @christiangonzales3642

    Жыл бұрын

    That depends, not everyone should go to college. However, some should in order for us to have the technological and medical innovations we have today through research, as well as having our trained doctors, nurses, engineers and other working professionals who need the academic background. Then there are community colleges for career technical vocations such as HVAC, welding, plumbing, electrician, paramedic, or automotive technology or even to offset university expenses should people want to transfer for professional careers that require higher education and are in demand. Now when it comes to studies that do not require academic knowledge and that can be learned through experience, projects, or online, yes college is a poor investment. Don't even think about majoring in art when you can do it through practice and online tutorials.

  • @letsgobrandon5800
    @letsgobrandon5800 Жыл бұрын

    A good college is one that is neither right nor left but encourages students, faculty and staff to ask questions and think on their own. Too many colleges today are left leaning and impose their thoughts and values on others who disagree.

  • @seantran3499

    @seantran3499

    Жыл бұрын

    i definitely agree with the first part, but the problem is that when you delve deep and think critically about society’s history, most ideals will tend to lean left because that’s how they’re aligned. take CRT, for example. Most people who’ve actually taken the time to learn about the atrocities committed and the truth about the creation of america would likely agree with how important it is to educate, but many from the right are simply that: anti-education which lies the problem… higher education exposes the fact that a lot of right wing ideals only make sense on a surface level and quickly fall apart when examined with an academic and fuller lens… but yes i agree that thinking on your own is valuable and students shouldn’t stick themselves to just one side, but question everything

  • @murk959
    @murk959 Жыл бұрын

    why does she talk like shes slurring

  • @marivicveloso1074
    @marivicveloso1074 Жыл бұрын

    What make's a Good College it never existed

  • @angelicaconde1
    @angelicaconde111 ай бұрын

    The bitter remarks of someone who couldn’t get into a good college ..there are thousands of scholarships but keep giving people excuses to be losers

  • @angelicaconde1
    @angelicaconde111 ай бұрын

    Lol no sorry this sounds like bitterness from getting rejected because you’re not the best

  • @mbergamin16
    @mbergamin16 Жыл бұрын

    Consequences from schools like Harvard? Lol please go on 🫠😂

  • @Raccoonov
    @Raccoonov Жыл бұрын