How to Survive the College Admissions Madness – NYTimes.com. Here is my take. I taught math at one of those “elite” schools. (Wash. Univ. in St Louis) and my advice (in many cases) is not to “relax” if you didn’t get into some of them, but CELEBRATE. Celebrate because many schools are “elite” only in […]
Penn Professor Tells It Like It Is
February 18, 2015 by
I highly recommend reading this. College, Poetry and Purpose – NYTimes.com. Though I made a comment, it is so similar to others, that, for regular readers, I just recommend the NY Times piece. Here is my comment. Prof. Hall is correct about students as “customers”; though the problem is not with them. It is with […]
Higher Education, Liberal Arts and Shakespeare – NYTimes.com
February 11, 2015 by
Higher Education, Liberal Arts and Shakespeare – NYTimes.com. My comment: First, liberal arts is not a luxury. Try this for starters. When you try to move up the corporate ladder, you are not going to get many chances to ask higher ups what they “meant by that”; and you better hope you can write good […]
Frank Bruni of New Times Sees The Connection – But Not All
January 21, 2015 by
College, President Obama and the Common Core – NYTimes.com. Finally someone is realizing that education in America is a continuum. That continuum starts at the top. Unaccountability at the top is why American education now so bad. I’m a former math professor. Let me explain how it works. (For the details – and evidence – […]
More on: Promiscuous College Come-Ons
November 24, 2014 by
Promiscuous College Come-Ons – NYTimes.com. This was the most recommended comment made on the article. My agreement and reply is posted below it. gemli is a trusted commenter Boston Yesterday I guess it’s just me, but I think we need to educate as many people as possible. We’re electing idiots to Congress, we’re embracing fundamentalism, […]
University President Gives Away the Game with a Word
November 23, 2014 by
I commented on this article. Promiscuous College Come-Ons – NYTimes.com. Here is the comment, but be aware that I was on some serious pain medication when I wrote it last night. It may not be so clear. (I had surgery Thursday and will be off the medication, today.) “…Kathleen McCartney, the president of Smith College, […]
Frank Bruni’s Piece in Today’s NY Times: More Symptoms
September 28, 2014 by
The Wilds of Education – NYTimes.com. I commented. For readers of this blog, I will put my last paragraph first. Last Paragraph “If someone had no idea what a university was, and only learned about them from reading the papers (rape scandals, football scandals, law school scandals, overseas building scandals, misleading educational standards, etc…), would […]
Why Brooks, Friedman and Bruni Have a Problem Understanding Today’s Corrupt University System
September 10, 2014 by
I think it must be that people like Friedman, Bruni and Brooks, who had such a different, and probably wonderful, experience in college and with their professors – different from what is most students experience today – that they just can’t believe how much has changed. Here is their background. (It is this background that I […]
New York Times Brooks, Bruni and Friedman Miss the Key Problem
September 10, 2014 by
In today’s NY Times, there is a third opinion – in as many days – about higher education. This one is by Thomas Friedman, It Takes a Mentor – NYTimes.com. The others are by David Brooks and Frank Bruni (See here.). Though they contain what would be good suggestions, if only colleges were all well meaning institutions, […]
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