There is a sad article in The Atlantic. The Adjunct Revolt: How Poor Professors Are Fighting Back – Elizabeth Segran – The Atlantic. I tried to comment and express my concern for adjuncts, especially before they go down the road to being adjuncts. I hope my comment made it clear that this is a difficult […]
Krueger and Dale: What do Large Confidence Intervals Say?
April 28, 2014 by
In Getting Into the Ivies – NYTimes.com, which I refer to in a previous post , David Leonhardt refers to a paper by Alan Krueger and Stacy Dale. From that paper Leonhardt concludes that “…there is still scant evidence that the selectivity of the college one attends matters much…” I don’t reach the same conclusion, and […]
Do Universities Care About Societal Issues? See “Getting Into the Ivies”
April 27, 2014 by
Getting Into the Ivies – NYTimes.com. Here is what I wrote, “…the poor catch up with the rich to the extent that they achieve the same level of technological know-how, skill, and education…” (quoted from Piketty, Thomas (2014-03-10). Capital in the Twenty-First Century (Kindle Locations 1315-1316). Harvard University Press. Kindle Edition. ) It is […]
Those Master’s-Degree Programs at Elite U.? They’re For-Profit – Commentary – The Chronicle of Higher Education
April 23, 2014 by
How to Get a Job at Google [Really What to Do in College to Get a Good Job.], Part 2 – NYTimes.com
April 20, 2014 by
Great advice (not just about Google) from Laszlo Bock, the head of hiring at Google: How to Get a Job at Google, Part 2 – NYTimes.com. Here is the advice that I would add: (I commented on the NYTimes site.) You need to make sure that your college or university is fullfilling the requirements Mr. Bock talks […]
Added Edit to a Post on U. of Chicago Curriculum
April 16, 2014 by
I added this link to “Content Deflation” Part II: University of Chicago Felt the Heat University of Chicago Choses Cornell Provost – NYTimes.com. I think the U. of Chicago case is important because it shows that the faculty are the final arbiters of the schools’ educational mission and of whether the university will sell its “soul”. […]
What Are We Teaching in Law School? That You Can’t Fool All the People But You Can Fool the Ones Without Resources?
April 16, 2014 by
In the conclusion of PLOS ONE: Inflated Applicants: Attribution Errors in Performance Evaluation by Professionals there is a reference to, In Law Schools, Grades Go Up, Just Like That – NYTimes.com. That article is about law schools that change their grading to help their graduates get better jobs. For example, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, retroactively […]
Why Does Grade Inflation Work?
April 11, 2014 by
Don A. Moore, Samuel A. Swift, Zachariah S. Sharek and Francesca Gino, whose paper I cited in Grade Inflation Pays But So Does Rolling Back the Odometer – Or Overrating a Bond have a more recent paper, PLOS ONE: Inflated Applicants: Attribution Errors in Performance Evaluation by Professionals. There is a lot for to think about […]
Important Read: The Soul of the University by Nicholas Lemann
Here are two links to it: The Soul of the University – Higher Ed Reporter. The Soul of the Research University