Mishandling Rape – NYTimes.com. I commented. “”…if schools are genuinely interested in preventing sexual assault…” That is when I stopped reading this thoughtful, but moot, article. Until the genuine interest of colleges is no longer self-aggrandizement – whether that be through football, through endowment, or through attracting students with inflated grades and parties – and, […]
Bloomberg May Be Able to Pull It Off For Low-Income Students
October 28, 2014 by
This is an excellent article about a hopeful program. A New Push to Get Low-Income Students Through College – NYTimes.com. I wrote my view. “The most hopeful aspect of this program is Michael Bloomberg. I say that because he took an important step in improving New York’s schools – putting the spotlight on the colleges […]
How “The American Dream Left America” In a Nutshell
October 26, 2014 by
I added another comment to Nicholas Kristoff’s piece The American Dream Is Leaving America – NYTimes.com. “…Until the 1970s, we were pre-eminent in mass education…” But then something happened. Here, in a nutshell, is what it was – and how it evolved over a few decades. In the sixties, we poured money into making a […]
“The American Dream Is Leaving America” (I Worry It’s Gone.)
October 26, 2014 by
I commented on this article by Nicholas Kristof. The American Dream Is Leaving America – NYTimes.com. I wrote, ” “…the annual survey of education should… be a shock to Americans…” But it’s not. Few Americans have the education about the inner workings of the educational establishment to understand why the report is so dismal. Here […]
In One Sentence Piketty Explains “The Great Wage Slowdown of the 21st Century”
October 7, 2014 by
David Leonhardt has a good analysis in today’s NY Times. (The Great Wage Slowdown of the 21st Century – NYTimes.com) He realizes the importance of education to economic growth and decreasing inequality. Yet he makes the same mistake that so many make. I commented. “The accuracy of the conclusions reached here are almost completely erased […]
Does The University of Chicago Try to Catch Up on Economic Diversity? Let’s Hope So, But We Need to Watch.
October 2, 2014 by
David Leohardt’s article is here. The University of Chicago Tries to Catch Up on Economic Diversity – NYTimes.com. My comment was: “It will be important to keep our eye on this program. Hopefully, it will be in the tradition of their ground-breaking and principled President Robert Maynard Hutchins (’29-’45). Unfortunately, though, nowadays many universities take […]
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 […]
Insightful: Why Poor Students Struggle – NYTimes.com
September 22, 2014 by
Why Federal Ratings Might Not Do Anything
September 21, 2014 by
This is another comment on. Why Federal College Ratings Won’t Rein In Tuition – NYTimes.com. (The first comment is here.) “Colleges have ashown themselves adept at “solving for the winning solution”(as in “need fewer transfers to get a higher US News ranking?”, just add to dorms, subract from educational requirements, problem solved). Of course, no […]
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