Someone asked me about research integrity. Here was my answer. (It was posted here: http://online.wsj.com/articles/a-bit-of-college-can-be-worse-than-none-at-all-1413158511?KEYWORDS=college#livefyre-comment ) ” I don’t want to comment on anything other than academic integrity, but that I can do. First, here is a quote. “…the ethical standards of the sciences ( certainly in mathematics) have been degraded to such an […]
Archives for October 2014
At Florida State, Football Clouds Justice? Or Money, Power, Prestige Trumps Integrity
October 11, 2014 by
Excellent article in today’s NY Times. At Florida State, Football Clouds Justice – NYTimes.com. It’s about tremendous power a school with a money making machine can wield. I don’t think it has anything to do with football. Here is what I wrote. “It’s not about football. It’s about power and corruption in higher education. It’s […]
Don’t Let Colleges Conflate Budget Crises With Money Grabs – To The Detriment of Their Citizens
October 9, 2014 by
This story is about state schools admitting out-of-state students over in-state ones just for tuition. But that is not the whole story, as I described in my comment, posted below. Colleges’ Wider Search for Applicants Crowds Out Local Students – WSJ. “Yes, budgets have been cut – but that is not the whole story. […]
In One Sentence Piketty Explains “The Great Wage Slowdown of the 21st Century”
October 7, 2014 by
David Leonhardt has a good analysis in today’s NY Times. (The Great Wage Slowdown of the 21st Century – NYTimes.com) He realizes the importance of education to economic growth and decreasing inequality. Yet he makes the same mistake that so many make. I commented. “The accuracy of the conclusions reached here are almost completely erased […]
Does The University of Chicago Try to Catch Up on Economic Diversity? Let’s Hope So, But We Need to Watch.
October 2, 2014 by
David Leohardt’s article is here. The University of Chicago Tries to Catch Up on Economic Diversity – NYTimes.com. My comment was: “It will be important to keep our eye on this program. Hopefully, it will be in the tradition of their ground-breaking and principled President Robert Maynard Hutchins (’29-’45). Unfortunately, though, nowadays many universities take […]
A Bit of College Can Be Worse Than None at All – WSJ
A sad story, with some sad data can be found here: A Bit of College Can Be Worse Than None at All – WSJ. I commented. “I’m a former professor. I have seen this coming for decades, as have others. There is a straightforward explanation for everything in this article – from employers needing […]