They pay lavish fees to manage their wealth, while tuition keeps rising. Source: Stop Universities From Hoarding Money – The New York Times My take: (Also, click on the Tag Endowments for more on this topic.) Good suggestion, but by itself, it won’t change the fundamental problem. The problem is not just money. After all, […]
Op-Ed in NY Times: “Stop Universities From Hoarding Money” My Take: Good suggestion, but by itself, it won’t change the fundamental problem.
August 19, 2015 by
Grad-School Loan Binge Fans Debt Worries (It’s Just Another Symptom of the Real Problem – Corrupted Values in Higher Ed)
August 19, 2015 by
Graduate students represent just 14% of students in higher education but account for about 40% of the $1.19 trillion in student debt. Many seek government-loan forgiveness. Source: Grad-School Loan Binge Fans Debt Worries – WSJ Here is my comment “..’What we’re doing is randomly subsidizing lots of people without careful thought,’ says Sandy Baum…” Wrong. […]
Highly Selective Schools That Add Value (Only Counting Money Here, But It’s a Measurable Proxy For Education)
August 18, 2015 by
Brookings Institute compared median salaries of graduates with the expected median salaries of a like pool (for the same college) without having attended college. Here are the results I took away for highly selected colleges, given in expected percentage increase. I also give the median mid-career salaries from the study. Note: Some schools didn’t have […]
Standardized Tests (For Colleges, Through K-12 Students) Is the Answer
August 15, 2015 by
An ill-conceived boycott could damage educational reform and undermine the Common Core standards. Source: Opting Out of Standardized Tests Isn’t the Answer – The New York Times I’m a former math professor. The k-12 problem is obvious – and testing can fix it, but not the way most people think. The problem is not the […]
What I Would Ask the Candidates About College
August 11, 2015 by
Young Americans buried by student loans want fresh thinking from presidential candidates on the crisis. Source: Democrats Offer Ways to Make College Affordable – The New York Times My questions: The fundamental problem in higher education today is not affordability. It’s ACCOUNTABLITY – or, rather the lack of it. The real questions for each candidate […]
CORRECTION: Link to Article Referred to in the Post: A Prudent College Path
August 11, 2015 by
William Deresiewicz’s Incisive Observation Taken to Its Logical Conclusion
How college sold its soul to the market Source: [Essay] | The Neoliberal Arts, by William Deresiewicz | Harper’s Magazine I commented. To truly change higher education, the critical observation that college is neoliberal, needs to be followed to its logical conclusion. What has damned higher education in America is the neoliberalist view of colleges […]