The Gift of Education – NYTimes.com. This is a nice column. I liked it, but felt that it was important to add the following comment. “But make sure – after you have toasted all of those wonderful people devoted to helping with education – that you throw your drink in the face of all of […]
Good Essay in Today’s Times: “Your Waitress, Your Professor”
December 19, 2014 by
I recommend this. Your Waitress, Your Professor – NYTimes.com. In addition to being a good essay, this op-ed, when combined with some outside facts, makes another point. “By looking at one of the English Comp courses that Ms. Brandon teaches one can get a scary glimpse into today’s college scene – a scene where too many […]
NY Times Notes “Steep Slide in Law School Enrollment”, But Misses Big Factor
December 18, 2014 by
A Steep Slide in Law School Enrollment Accelerates – NYTimes.com. “I pointed out the factor with this comment. Why isn’t anyone addressing the “elephant in the room”? Surely, its recognition by potential law students and their parents has an effect on attendance. And what is the elephant? Scott Turow has called legal education an “unscrupulous […]
Recovery at Last? Writes Paul Krugman. I Worry “Not For All”
December 8, 2014 by
Here is a link and my comments. Recovery at Last? – NYTimes.com. “…Many young Americans graduated into a labor market that didn’t want their skills, and will never get back onto the career tracks they should have had…” [quoted from Krugman’s Op-Ed] The fact is true. The implication is false. The reason so many will […]
Colleges Clamp Down on Bloated Student Schedules – WSJ
December 6, 2014 by
String of Sexual Assault Cases May Lead to Tipping Point – NYTimes.com
December 4, 2014 by
This is my comment on String of Sexual Assault Cases May Lead to Tipping Point – NYTimes.com. I can only speak from my university experience. (I’m a former math prof.) I have little hope for change, other than what the marketing/admissions department deems necessary. (For example, that seems to be what happened at Harvard. See […]
Nice Essay: “If Students Have Time to Get Drunk, Colleges Aren’t Doing Their Job”
December 4, 2014 by
If Students Have Time to Get Drunk, Colleges Aren’t Doing Their Job – Special Reports – The Chronicle of Higher Education. I agree that if colleges weren’t businesses with the goal of making “customers” happy, people would get a lot more out of college, and have a lot less time in college to get into […]
Update to Good College Not So Hard to Get Into Post
November 30, 2014 by
Harvard President Misses What College Really Is in Most of the Country
Harvard President Faust on federal college ratings, campus sexual assault and more – The Washington Post. I commented. “I have read Pres. Faust’s speech. I read it as a former professor, (I taught at Wash. U. in St. Louis.) As it is, it is highly misleading – probably due to a lack of Pres. Faust’s […]