REPORT
Guest Lecture by Prof. Dr. Peter Schneller
Venue: Seminar Hall, Block 2
Date: 29 June 2018
Time: 12 – 1 pm

Department of International Studies and History, Christ (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru, organised a Guest Lecture by Prof. Dr. Peter Schneller from University of Mount Union on “Higher Education in the US and Comparisons to International Educational Systems.” Dr. Madhumati Deshpande, Coordinator, Department of International Studies and History presided over the event.

During the lecture, Dr. Schneller covered various aspects of American Education in comparison to other countries. The presentation started by tracing the contributions of activists like Susan B Anthony in providing educational rights to women. He discussed how education system in the US is not funded at federal levels when education is a constitutional right for many countries like India. According to him, huge disparities in the Public School Systems or K-12 Schools are an oddity for the educational system in the country. The rankings of the US Colleges and Universities in the categories of National Universities, Liberal Arts Colleges and Ohio’s Universities were presented. For Prof. Schneller, many of them are Profit Colleges often called as “Diploma Mills”.
The speaker also introduced Internship and Scholarship opportunities in the US. The event ended with a question-answer session.