You can read the article,New on Campus: The 3-Year Degree – WSJ – WSJ#livefyre-comment. or just read the quote from it on my comment. ” First note this fact, from “Academically Adrift” by Arum and Roksa: Students are reguired to study 45% less than in the 60′s, and 35% less than in 1980. Gain in […]
Law Schools Like These Seem to Serve Everyone But Their Students – Who Probably, In Actuality, Serve the School
November 5, 2014 by
Creditors Keep Troubled Law Schools on Life Support – NYTimes.com. I wrote two comments. “Prof. Solomon’s analysis is an eye-opener. It tells us that the institutional setting (by that I mean regulations, norms, social expectations, etc…), within which colleges of all types operate, allows them to act almost solely in their selfish interest with few […]
A Good Suggestion (With Changes) From Retired Chancellor of NY Schools
November 1, 2014 by
A Lesson Plan for A+ Teachers – WSJ – WSJ. Here is my comment. Since I am a former professor who has seen the sorry, scandolous, and corrupt, state of higher education for over three decades, I could strongly support Mr. Klein’s suggestion that “…prospective teachers…demonstrate real subject-matter knowledge…”, if there were a couple of […]
Colleges Are Tracking When Students Work Out at Rec Centers – WSJ – WSJ
October 28, 2014 by
Bloomberg May Be Able to Pull It Off For Low-Income Students
October 28, 2014 by
This is an excellent article about a hopeful program. A New Push to Get Low-Income Students Through College – NYTimes.com. I wrote my view. “The most hopeful aspect of this program is Michael Bloomberg. I say that because he took an important step in improving New York’s schools – putting the spotlight on the colleges […]
How “The American Dream Left America” In a Nutshell
October 26, 2014 by
I added another comment to Nicholas Kristoff’s piece The American Dream Is Leaving America – NYTimes.com. “…Until the 1970s, we were pre-eminent in mass education…” But then something happened. Here, in a nutshell, is what it was – and how it evolved over a few decades. In the sixties, we poured money into making a […]
“The American Dream Is Leaving America” (I Worry It’s Gone.)
October 26, 2014 by
I commented on this article by Nicholas Kristof. The American Dream Is Leaving America – NYTimes.com. I wrote, ” “…the annual survey of education should… be a shock to Americans…” But it’s not. Few Americans have the education about the inner workings of the educational establishment to understand why the report is so dismal. Here […]
Finally, “Feeding a Need for Coders”. I’ve Been Waiting For This
October 14, 2014 by
Excellent Article That Hits the Nail on the Head
What Role Does Technology Play in Record Levels of Income Inequality? | MIT Technology Review. I highly recommend this article. The last few paragraphs put the focus on educantional instituations. Here is how I commented. Grusky argues..we must…reform educational institutions…” Absolutely. The problem started before 1980. Here is David Riesman in 1980. “…the “wants”of students […]