The industry has been excoriated for preying on the poor, veterans and minorities, charging exorbitant fees for degrees that mostly don’t deliver promised jobs and skills. Source: For-Profit Colleges Accused of Fraud Still Receive U.S. Funds – The New York Times I tried to point out the rest with this comment. The government’s problem is […]
“Is Money Corrupting Research?” Corrupt People Corrupt Research.
October 10, 2015 by
Elizabeth Warren was right to expose the academic-financial complex. Source: Is Money Corrupting Research? – The New York Times It’s not money. It’s corrupt people that are corrupting research – and higher education. I know. I have seen lives and careers almost destroyed by these people. Money helps, though for them the money is just […]
Student Debt Is Worse Than You Think – The New York Times
October 8, 2015 by
Why Pretend?
October 7, 2015 by
Data on non-repayment rates shows a new dimension of the problem, particularly with for-profit colleges and historically black institutions. Source: Student Debt Is Worse Than You Think – The New York Times I had to take the opportunity to comment that “The Academic-Financial Complex runs what I call a “pass-through” scheme. I understand the academic part well […]
Columnists at the NY Times Should Not be Making Erroneous Claims About What Universities Do…
October 6, 2015 by
On almost every campus faculty members and administrators are trying to stem…to widen the system’s narrow definition of achievement. Institutes are popping up…designed to cultivate the whole student: the emotional, spiritual and moral sides and not just the intellectual. Source: The Big University – The New York Times Here is my response. Are you kidding […]
Who is Scamming Whom?
October 1, 2015 by
More U.S. campuses pay agents commissions to find foreign students—illegal when recruiting most Americans—but sometimes get phony applications, ghostwritten essays. Source: American Colleges Pay Agents to Woo Foreigners, Despite Fraud Risk I wrote the following. “Risk of Fraud“? Who is defrauding whom? If higher education wasn’t such a serious matter, it would be funny that […]
Top Colleges Doing the Most for Low-Income Students (NY Times)
September 18, 2015 by
Link to My Discussion of Higher Ed on “Up Front Fridays” in Traverse City, Michigan
September 14, 2015 by
Source: Series: Up Front Fridays ( It is shown on UpNorthTV . I’m the first guest on 9/14/2015. It is only an eight minute segment. It can also be viewed online on www.upnorthmedia.org An Important Note: Something I said in the interview was not exactly correct. I said that professors at top schools don’t want to teach. What I […]
Very Important Elucidating New Data
September 13, 2015 by
At some expensive colleges, the salaries of students 10 years after enrollment are bleak, and there is an earnings gender gap at every top university. Source: Gaps in Alumni Earnings Stand Out in Release of College Data – The New York Times I commented on the article, but I will be posting more comments about […]
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