Correction: My source and I spoke today and I was told I don't have the facts quite right. The majority of grad students at the nanoschool are foreigners but they are chosen because foreign students are better prepared. The end result for East Greensboro remains the same: Foreign students are getting the best education North Carolina and East Greensboro can provide.
There was a lot of talk tonight about the Gateway Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering at the Mayor's East Greensboro Summit and how the Mayor and City Council consider the school to be a priority for East Greensboro but there's a dirty little secret the Gateway Center doesn't want you to know.
The students who are admitted there are mostly foreigners. Previously I wrote it was because US students could not meet the academic requirements necessary to enter the school. I lied as I was testing the waters.
The real reason the majority of students at Gateway are foreigners is because the majority of the professors there are foreigners and the professors are in charge of admissions.
This is a problem because #1. our children are being denied and more importantly #2. all those jobs the Mayor talks about locating around the Nanocenter will actually locate in the countries where those students go home to live.
You see, while it's a worthy goal for those professors to want to raise standards in the countries where they live, the poorest citizens in our city shouldn't be the ones who foot the bills for it nor should our poorest citizens be lead to believe they will benefit in ways they will not.
Oh, and while the Mayor was happy to present Michael Tabb of the Tabb Study:
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3 and
Part 4 you'll notice no one said a word about the Garner Economics Study, the other study your tax dollars helped pay for. The study they've tried to keep secret.
But hey, don't take my word for it. Call the school and ask them to explain the admissions process. Ask them how many of their students are from somewhere outside the USA. Click on the links above and read the studies for yourself. And while you're at it, call over to NC A&T University and ask them about that recent academic audit they just failed-- the one that comes around every 8 years-- or the many classes grad students are given credit for and collect Federal funds for attending but never attend because the class is never taught.
