Rich colleges and universities are getting a lot richer, study finds – The Washington Post. You can explore further by clicking on “endowments” in the Tag Cloud (on the right). I especially recommend this post for some financial facts that surprise many; or, if you are familiar with financial statements, look at schools like Stanford. […]
Archives for April 2015
Pressure to Please Students – It’s All Over the Place
April 13, 2015 by
Dan Laroque responded (on the WSJ site)to my previous post. I think it is important because, I have only taught at 3 places. From that and newspaper articles, books, and data, I deduce behavior elsewhere. His comment adds to our understanding. Here it is. “By the time I retired I was fully disgusted with fake teaching. […]
Moved Quotes
April 9, 2015 by
Demand for Skilled-Worker Visas Exceeds Annual Supply – WSJ
April 8, 2015 by
Demand for Skilled-Worker Visas Exceeds Annual Supply – WSJ. My comment and explanation: “In a nutshell, these two items explain this story. 1. Washington U. in St. Louis, “make it the normal ‘cookbook’ course..so we don’t have trouble [with students]…” (Chair of Math Dep’t speaking to me about a critical course for engineers); on another […]
Gov’t Appropriations Per Student UP dramatically; Learning Per Student DOWN dramatically
April 5, 2015 by
Another comment I made on, The Real Reason College Tuition Costs So Much – NYTimes.com. “…appropriations per student are much higher now than they were in the 60’s…” (end of paragraph six), but learning (and later earning) per student has decreased dramatically – even at many so-called “elite” schools. (There is much evidence that demonstrates […]
When Is It Ok For a Non-Profit To Misrpresent Its Fees to the Public?
April 5, 2015 by
The Real Reason College Tuition Costs So Much – NYTimes.com. “This is just another peak behind the door that hides the real goals and social order of America’s system of “higher” education. But its not only public schools that play fast and loose with their descriptions. Private colleges do, also – most even more so. […]
“Colleges…monitor…their pricing strategies” Writes James L. Doti, President of Chapman University
The Dangers of Tuition Discounting – Commentary – The Chronicle of Higher Education. This article should be informative for parents and students. But I have this question: should non-profits whose “product” is a public necessity have a “pricing that they call something else – like a “scholarship”?