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 […]
Law Schools Like These Seem to Serve Everyone But Their Students – Who Probably, In Actuality, Serve the School
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At Florida State, Football Clouds Justice? Or Money, Power, Prestige Trumps Integrity
October 11, 2014 by
Excellent article in today’s NY Times. At Florida State, Football Clouds Justice – NYTimes.com. It’s about tremendous power a school with a money making machine can wield. I don’t think it has anything to do with football. Here is what I wrote. “It’s not about football. It’s about power and corruption in higher education. It’s […]
Notre Dame Is Rocked by Charges of Academic Cheating – Only the Tip of The Iceberg, and, Not Just Notre Dame
August 20, 2014 by
Notre Dame Is Rocked by Charges of Academic Cheating – NYTimes.com. I put my view in a comment: Critics are only partly right when they “…contend that [college sports officials] are unable to run sports as a big business while maintaining academic integrity…” (from the article, 5th paragraph down) The reality is that colleges, […]
Columbia Cancels High Visibility Concert – What Does This Really Mean?
August 18, 2014 by
Columbia Cancels Concert Amid Safety Concerns – NYTimes.com. I don’t know the answer to my own question. But, given that the adminstrators and faculty at Columbia haven’t changed, I worry that this particular concert was cancelled simply because of its high visiblity (It got in the Times.), and not because of any serious change in […]
Princeton Grading Policy Change – Solving for the Winning Solution? And to What Problem?
August 8, 2014 by
There is a report in today’s New York Times. It has links to the announcement by Princeton’s president, and to the faculty committee’s report. Princeton Is Proposing to End Limit on Giving A’s – NYTimes.com. The reason I ask if this is solving for the “winning solution” (See below for a definition) is that Princeton […]
“Why Do Americans Stink at Math?” (From NY Times Mag.) My View – The 800 Pound Gorilla
July 27, 2014 by
This is an excellent article. (Why Do Americans Stink at Math? – NYTimes.com.) Most articles that I read about school reform don’t address the fact that our higher education system must be reformed first. (I have explained my view in the category “University Education Dumbs Down High School”.) To read the part of the article that addresses the […]
How One College Handled a Sexual Assault Complaint From the NY Times
July 13, 2014 by
From Shameless to Disgusting and Outrageous
July 13, 2014 by
How One College Handled a Sexual Assault Complaint – NYTimes.com. I did comment: I am a former math professor. I taught at Washington University in St. Louis, and at a regional state school. At both places, I have seen outrageous behavior with respect to both research and education. I have concluded that there are […]
Author of University Studies/Site Visits Reports Wonders How Washinton University’s Engineering School Got Accredited
July 9, 2014 by
Posted as a reply to my comment on a story in the New York Times : Peter C is a trusted commenterBear Territory If your engineering story is true, how did the engineering program get accredited by ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc. )? Most American do not realize that certain professions are accredited […]
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