The Obama administration on Friday plans to announce executive actions to lift standards and increase transparency at the self-policing groups that accredit colleges. Source: Obama Targets College Accreditors – WSJ Of course, Sen. Alexander rejects the idea. This is from a column he wrote in this paper. “…in one year Vanderbilt University spent a startling […]
The value of university: Our first-ever college rankings | The Economist (IS VERY FLAWED)
November 2, 2015 by
Source: The value of university: Our first-ever college rankings | The Economist I commented. I’m a former math professor who has been observing the corrupt system of American higher education for decades. Even though I have little regard for this mainly corrupt and fraudulent system, I find that your rankings don’t help at all. Unfortunately, […]
The Economist Understands Much Better Than it “Ranks”
November 2, 2015 by
New federal data reveal which colleges do most for their graduates’ pay-packets. They are not the ones you might expect Source: Where’s best? My comment: As a former math professor who understands American higher education from the inside (of both “elite” schools and not very elite schools), I believe that The Economist covers the subject […]
Can You Get Smarter? I Saw It All the Time
October 25, 2015 by
An Admissions Surprise (Or a Marketing Ploy?)
October 18, 2015 by
Exclusive schools say they want more diversity. Will a new application process really get them there? Source: An Admissions Surprise From the Ivy League – The New York Times I commented. Since my comments use – as examples – Washington University’s Chancellor Mark Wrighton and Provost Holden Thorp, here are links to closely related stories about […]
Outraged By For-Profits? What About the Rest?
October 13, 2015 by
The industry has been excoriated for preying on the poor, veterans and minorities, charging exorbitant fees for degrees that mostly don’t deliver promised jobs and skills. Source: For-Profit Colleges Accused of Fraud Still Receive U.S. Funds – The New York Times I tried to point out the rest with this comment. The government’s problem is […]
“Is Money Corrupting Research?” Corrupt People Corrupt Research.
October 10, 2015 by
Elizabeth Warren was right to expose the academic-financial complex. Source: Is Money Corrupting Research? – The New York Times It’s not money. It’s corrupt people that are corrupting research – and higher education. I know. I have seen lives and careers almost destroyed by these people. Money helps, though for them the money is just […]
Student Debt Is Worse Than You Think – The New York Times
October 8, 2015 by
America’s labour market is not working – FT.com (Could It Be Education?)
In 2014, 12 per cent — close to one in eight — of US men between the ages of 25 and 54 were neither in work nor looking for it. This was very close to the Italian ratio and far higher than in other members of the group of seven leading high-income Source: America’s labour […]