Here is the link: http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2014/01/the-danger-of-telling-poor-kids-that-college-is-the-key-to-social-mobility/283120/ This is my comment, which explains my view on the essay. (For some reason The Atlantic rejected this comment for a couple of days, before posting it.) I think the article itself is good and worth reading. “The thought behind this essay is so well-meaning that I am loathe to […]
Andrew Simmons in The Atlantic on “The Danger of Telling Poor Kids That College Is the Key to Social Mobility”
January 20, 2014 by
Jordan Weissman at The Atlantic Reports on a New Federal Reserve Report on Underemployment
January 16, 2014 by
You can read his article here http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/01/the-growth-of-college-grads-in-dead-end-jobs-in-2-graphs/283137/#comments You will find a link to the Fed’s paper. Unfortunately, when the Fed looks at the data they leave out recent grads who are still in school, even part-time. I posted two comments that give my view on this and other aspects of the article. Here they are. […]
An Informative Comment on My Post, “Duke University Professor Calls It Like It Is”
January 15, 2014 by
Someone responded to my recent comment on a Chronicle of Higher Education article. (See Duke University Professor Calls It Like It Is) I find the person’s observation, though anecdotal like mine, as more evidence that what I have seen is not unusual. Here is part of what they wrote. “I read your Washington U. tale, and found it believable […]
Duke University Professor Calls It Like It Is
January 15, 2014 by
Michael Allen Gillespie, a professor of political science and of philosophy at Duke University, has written a revealing piece in The Chronicle of Higher Education. I recommend it for its honesty about grading (or not really grading) and about professors “cheating” students by not fairly grading them in a way that shows them what they […]
On David Kirp’s New York Times Op-Ed, Do Advisors Help?
January 9, 2014 by
David Kirp has spent worked on higher education issues for a long time and can be outspoken. I was a little surprised at this op-ed http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/09/opinion/how-to-help-college-students-graduate.html?ref=opinion&_r=0. Here is why. “Professor Kirp must realize that the programs that he advocates would be instituted in universities where “”the pursuit of money…has become a virtue” and where “Nowhere […]
Former Dep’t. of Education official “…thought we were doing God’s work…” when they were WHAT?
January 3, 2014 by
When they were strengthening collection of students loans through what the New York Times characterizes as “ruthless tactics”. (See today’s NY Times article http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/02/us/loan-monitor-is-accused-of-ruthless-tactics-on-student-debt.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&ref=us) Here was my response, “The former Department of Education official “…thought we were doing God’s work…” when they were strengthening collection of money from students, many of whom had paid that […]
Atlantic Monthly Article on Faculty Concerns About High Graduation Rates
December 29, 2013 by
Here is the link, followed by my comment. http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2013/12/we-are-creating-walmarts-of-higher-education/282619/ (The article is good – and shocking – especially the part about some state schools getting rid of history courses. State schools? Is this becoming a vicious circle? Uneducated politicians (probably with degrees, though) deciding not to educate? Whatever happened to Jefferson and his silly ideas […]
Costs Rising Quickly, Quality of Product Slumping – What Could This Mean?
December 26, 2013 by
I gave my view in a comment on this informative article ( http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304244904579276850992941142) in the Wall Street Journal today. “So, over a few decades, costs have been going up dramatically, while quality of education has been going down.That should be a warning. The view from the inside (I am a professor.) is simple. This is what […]
Liberal Arts and Money – A Comment
Jordan Weissmann of The Atlantic posted an article titled “Money Is a Terrible Way to Measure the Value of a College Major” http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/01/money-is-a-terrible-way-to-measure-the-value-of-a-college-major/283290/#comments I commented on what I feel is the pecuniary value of a liberal arts education, and, on how earnings might reflect the quality of the liberal arts courses in a school. Here is […]