On Mon, 2008-01-07 at 18:03 +0000, Thomas Dalton wrote:
> I'm not sure what country you are
referring to, but from my experience
> getting into a decent university on a satisfactory course one should at
> least have some good grades and a decent character. I try not to be
> biased, but the American system seems to be slightly more acceptable to
> people with lower qualifications or less motivation.
>
> Obviously, if this were to be planned one would need criteria having to
> be met (for example one can only be paid for edits on articles from ones
> field of study).
"decent" being the operative word there. There are many unis that I
wouldn't describe as "decent". My experience is with UK unis, but I
think the same applies to varying degrees wherever you go (except
possibly China, from what I hear).
Well, having attended Beijing Language and Culture University I can
confirm that Chinese universities are intend of quite a good standard
and that entry requirements are quite hight - both academically and
financially. On the matter of UK universities, where I now attend
[[SOAS]], I agree that quality differs.
I wonder if the Wikimedia Foundation would be interested in such an idea
in the future. In my opinion this would be a fantastic idea for all
parties involved.
I doubt it's something the WMF would fund directly (at least, not
until their financial situation is more stable), we need an outside
backer if the idea is going to go anywhere.