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Musicians Institute article
I welcome you help.
Here are just a few facts and sources. If Wikipedia is indeed a fact-based research source, and not a public forum for biased-based advertising for promotional use; I trust that my edits will be restored. Corrected formatting/context help would be appreciated, but removal of fact-based contend shows bias for “puffery.” My expertise is in research in music education. I assist students is choosing music schools. Schools like Musicians Institute, in my opinion, porously mislead potential and current students, epically in the credibility of any degree earned at this school. Please help the young music student that is researching a music school get more complete fact-based information, not as I stated before, biased puffery.”
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General “Private for-profit” is an official classification, not an opinion. Anything else misrepresents the schools classification. “Primarily Associates” http://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?id=119270#general Not even classified as a “college. ” Carnegie Classification: “Special Focus Institutions--Schools of art, music, and design” http://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?id=119270#finaid Accreditation As a “College” Musicians Institute, and any “degrees” from Musicians Institute, hold no regional accreditation (the United States standard for schools, colleges and university accreditation): In the United States, the standard for K-12 schools, colleges and universities is regional accreditation. Schools located in California fall under the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. Musicians Institute holds absolutely no regional accreditation. This can be confirmed at http://www.acswasc.org/directory_search.cfm and http://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?id=119270#accred . National Association of Schools of Music (NASM) accreditation: NASM is not a college or university accreditation body. NASM only accredits music programs, whether they are a “mom and pop’s” sole-ownership business up to a music program at a regionally accredited university. Further, many “high-end” colleges and university music programs’ choose not participate in NASM accreditation. One way to confirm this, using California (MI’s home state) as an example, check any University of California’s music program, one will find that no UC wishes to be involved. Musicians Institute is only accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music only up to two years (vocational/associates degree). This can also be confirmed at http://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?id=119270#accred .
According to the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), Musicians Institutes' tuition and fees for 2009-2010 are $27,100.00, up 15.3% from 2008-2009, and books and supplies are up 4.6% at $2,184.00. A total of $29,284.00 a year. This can be confirmed at: http://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?id=119270#expenses . NCES also states that the average yearly net price in 2008-2009; "Total cost of attendance is the sum of published tuition and required fees, books and supplies, and the weighted average for room and board and other expenses" of attending Musicians Institute was $38,678.00.
“Faculty salaries at Musicians Institute vary approximately from $21,000 to $22,000. The average full-time faculty salary at this college is approximately $22,000 a year -- this is 75% lower than California average faculty compensation.” This can be confirmed at: http://www.american-school-search.com/faculty/musicians-institute . This site states that, “We currently evaluate the colleges listed on our website using a standardized system of measurement that can contain up to 88 unique factors and criteria about each specific school. These have been collected from public data sources released by the US Department of Education.” See: http://www.american-school-search.com/ . Averaged annual income for a person in the United States, working full, who did not complete the 9th grade can be found here: http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d09/tables/dt09_384.asp . Relevance: “As a rule, well-compensated instructors are better motivated and have more opportunities to concentrate on teaching; therefore, we consider faculty compensation to be an important factor for evaluating education quality.” See: http://www.american-school-search.com/faculty/musicians-institute
A review of MI’s website, www.mi.edu will show that very few faculty members actually have a university degree.
If an alumni’s name is used, it would be misleading to not use the alumni’s own words, if available, about the school. Jeff Buckley once told Rolling Stone magazine about Musicians Institue, "I wanted to 'learn to be a better musician,' and it was the biggest waste of time I had ever seen." http://www.jeffbuckley.com/rfuller/buckley/words/features/rs-sonalsorises.html |
—Preceding unsigned comment added by ZingaZingaZinga (talk • contribs) 12:59, 7 September 2010 (UTC)
- I'm afraid I can't help with this right now. There'll be an uninvolved administrator along shortly to help with the dispute going on at Musicians Institute, though. Apologies, Alex Muller 13:17, 7 September 2010 (UTC)
Is anyone going to help resolve this?
Still waiting for some help Re; Musicians Institute —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.233.89.105 (talk) 15:55, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
- Have you tried discussing the issue on the talk page yet? Doesn't look like it, Alex Muller 22:34, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
Discuss in the Talk page before reverting or removing content. Thanks --ashwinikalantri talk 21:04, 9 February 2011 (UTC)
- Wow, are you for real? I left a comment on your talk page explaining what the problem was, as well as clearly explaining in the edit summary. I'm so bored of Wikipedia Alex Muller 21:07, 9 February 2011 (UTC)
- Not my talk page you nitwit! The article talk page. A place where others can chip in. Not just me and you. --ashwinikalantri talk 21:18, 9 February 2011 (UTC)
Change to Casey Anthony page
I am trying to make an alteration to a page, but it is locked. I was told I needed to find an adminstrator to make the change so I found you.
I think the page for Casey Anthony should not link to the wikipedia page for the crime which she is currently on trial for. An ongoing trial should not be reported in wikipedia and searches for suspects should not lead directly to their crime. This is in my opinion a REALLY important issue for due process of law and wikipedia does not intend to interfere with this.
I recommend that if there needs to be a page in wikipedia for Casey Anthony at all, it should link to a page in wikinews.
I have discussed this in more detail on the page [Death_of_Caylee_Anthony].
Can you please change the redirect for me. If people think that it should be changed back, then that can be done afterwards. With a woman literally about to go on death row, this needs to be altered.
If you cannot or do not want to do this, please tell me where I can learn about wikipedia's policy on discussion of open legal investigations. Surely this should be linked to a news site, not an encyclopedia.
I haven't tried to make ammendments to the Casey Anthony site yet, although I think it should be changed. I don't know whether this will be possible for me.
Thanks in anticipation of your help, Charlie Chogg (talk) 23:49, 4 July 2011 (UTC)
- Hi Charlie - I see you've already engaged in discussion around this on the article's talk page, and there have been a load of really good replies. I'd have to agree: all Wikipedia does is act as a place to publish things that are already currently notable (in this case, in the news). I'm afraid it's not my place to stomp in and help. Cheers, Alex Muller 17:50, 6 July 2011 (UTC)
James Hughes-Hallett
I am sorry, I am still not clear on why the page about James Hughes-Hallett, the current Chairman of Swire Group, has been deleted...?? It doesn't seem to be easy to find info about him through other sources. What is so special/secretive about him?