Archives for March 2015

A Guide to the Most Essential Posts For Understanding Higher Ed.

Here is a list of my posts that I believe are most essential for understanding the problems with higher education.  I suggest reading the page with quotes from David Riesman and Clark Kerr, first, though.  Then, hopefully, some of my posts give examples and explanations of how their general observations work out in practice.  The best place on this blog for seeing and understanding just how outrageous things have become –  and how much some academics think they can get away with – see A Tale Out of School – A Case Study in Higher Education. Finally, keep in mind that if what follows is what just one individual has observed, how much else is there?

EDUCATION AT MAJOR UNIVERSITIES

How Competition Leads to “Content Deflation” in One Anecdote

Content Deflation III – Does Wash. U. Physics Prof. Adopt It With Zeal? And Does the University Boast About It? Read This

America: A flagging model | The Economist

How to Make Calculus Students Believe They Know Calculus When They Don’t

EDUCATION AT STATE REGIONAL SCHOOLS

Professor Alfred Doesn’t Know What is Wrong with the Homework

Prof. Teaches Stats But Doesn’t Seem to Have a Clue About the Most Fundamental Notion

Statistics Prof. Kevin Doesn’t Understand Basic Math, or Statistics

Regional State School Stories – Some Brief Thoughts About How Did This Happen

MAJOR UNIVERSITIES EFFECT ON REGIONAL SCHOOLS AND HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER EDUCATION

No Jobs for Ph.D’s? Depends on what you mean by Ph.D.

An Example of College Benefitting From the Dumbing Down of High School

Important Paper on Value of Good Teacher May Be a Game Changer

“They Just Don’t Get It” part 2

A Suggestion for Holding Colleges Accountable for Teacher Performance

RESEARCH ETHICS

Scientists “Forced” to Cheat Says Medical School Professor

The Purloined Proof

GENERAL

Arum and Roksa’s Important New Book “Aspiring Adults Adrift”

Professors DON’T become professors to teach!  Better get over that idea fast.

Median Starting Salaries for College Graduates $27,000 or $40,735?

Columbia University – Another 3-2 Program Like Wash. U.’s?

Washington University Engineering Says Northwest Missouri’s Calculus and Physics is “Equivalent” to Theirs

When Is It Ok For a Non-Profit To Misrpresent Its Fees to the Public?