Source: The In-State Tuition Break, Slowly Disappearing I wrote this Here is Clark Kerr’s warning. “…I am concerned..that…the greatest threats to the university will be those which arise from within the university…” Right now the threat is not to the university itself – at least not to its financial and research arms. The present threat […]
Jon Krakauer ‘Universities Seem So Quick to Protect Their Brand’
May 10, 2015 by
Jon Krakauer says he was discouraged by what he learned about how colleges handle assault investigations. Source: An Author’s Take on Campus Sexual Assault: ‘Universities Seem So Quick to Protect Their Brand’ – Students – The Chronicle of Higher Education I have read his book and I recommend it. From my viewpoint, which is education, […]
Low Productivity, What Impact Does Education Have?
May 10, 2015 by
US innovators claim they have never been busier, but their ideas are persistently failing to transform the country’s economic data. Labour productivity fell an annual 1.9 per cent in the first three months of the year, while unit labour costs rose Source: Low productivity alarms US policy makers – FT.com I commented but more in […]
Maybe One Reason Why So Many Graduates Don’t Get Good Jobs.
May 6, 2015 by
Campus clubs spring up for early birds to rouse classmates; 9 a.m. is ‘really late’ Source: In China, Sleepy University Students Experience a Wake-Up Call – WSJ I commented. “They should come here for college. According to the well-researched Academically Adrift, American students only need to study about 13 hours a week, leaving lots of time […]
Bankruptcy Trustees Claw Back College Tuition
May 6, 2015 by
trustees can sue to take back money…if a trustee finds that the person didn’t get “reasonably equivalent value” for that expense.. Source: Bankruptcy Trustees Claw Back College Tuition Paid for Filers’ Kids – WSJ, I find this article very interesting, especially the fact that many schools don’t fight the suit.
“Is Testing Students the Answer to America’s Education Woes?” Think No? Read This
May 5, 2015 by
I made a previous comment on this subject. “…From a purely financial perspective, high income parents should be willing to pay about $6,500/yr to get [a teacher in the 84th percentile vs. one at the 50th percentile]…Impacts on earnings are…similar in percentage terms for students from low and high income families…great teachers [as measured only […]
“Is Testing Students the Answer to America’s Education Woes?” The Real Answer is: Test the Colleges Through the Teachers!
May 4, 2015 by
Opinions on testing public schools students as a way to measure progress and as an accounting tool are varied, but are these exams working? Source: Is Testing Students the Answer to America’s Education Woes? – Room for Debate – NYTimes.com My Comment “Almost everyone involved in this debate is missing the 800-pound gorilla in the […]
Stanford, Cargill? Partnership?
millions of dollars the company is giving to the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change and at Stanford University’s Center on Food Security and the Environment. In 2012, a Stanford study claiming to disprove the health benefits of organic food was widely questioned after critics claimed that Cargill had influenced […]