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 […]
Gov’t Appropriations Per Student UP dramatically; Learning Per Student DOWN dramatically
April 5, 2015 by
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. […]
Why Colleges Don’t Do More to Rein In Frats? Hutchins Has the Answer
April 3, 2015 by
Why Colleges Don’t Do More to Rein In Frats – Legal – The Chronicle of Higher Education. is an article in this week’s CHE. My opinion – at the end of the day, it’s about “soul” and “money”. Robert Maynard Hutchins put it succinctly, “…when an institution determines to do something [just]in order to get money […]
America: A flagging model | The Economist
March 29, 2015 by
America: A flagging model | The Economist. This is a continuation of the “Must Read” in The Economist. I commented. This article makes the critical observation that “…returns [to individual students] have held up not because graduates have done so well but because those with only high-school degrees have done so badly…” That is an […]
A Must Read From The Economist (This Week’s Cover Story)
March 29, 2015 by
Universities: The world is going to university | The Economist. This link is to the introduction. Here is the link to the complete report. http://www.economist.com/news/special-report/21646985-american-model-higher-education-spreading-it-good-producing-excellence I commented on the introduction. “”…price becomes a proxy for quality. By charging more, good universities gain both revenue and prestige…” I am a former professor. I taught math at one […]
Why So Few Online Courses? Quotes From “The Economist” 3/28/2015 Edition on Universities
March 28, 2015 by
“…Since the value of a degree from a selective institution depends on its scarcity, good universities have little incentive to produce more graduates..” (From <http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21647285-more-and-more-money-being-spent-higher-education-too-little-known-about-whether-it>) which may be why, even though “…Technology offers the promise of making education both cheaper and more effective, but universities resist adopting it…” (From <http://www.economist.com/news/special-report/21646985-american-model-higher-education-spreading-it-good-producing-excellence>)
It Cost a Fortune NOT to Grade Teachers by Their Students’ Test
March 25, 2015 by
Grading Teachers by the Test – NYTimes.com. Raj Chetty coauthored an important paper cited in this article, but, apparently not completely believed. I commented. “Professors Rockoff, Chetty and Friedman, found something more than that “…teachers who improved students’ scores…raised the students’ chances of going to college as well as their salaries later in life…” They […]
“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”?