The Trouble With Tenure – NYTimes.com. I believe this is just another fix that misses the fundamental problem. I tried to point that out in this comment. I am a former professor. I taught for 25 years, at both an elite school, Wash. U. in St. Louis, and, before that, at a regional state school. […]
Good Article – But, From Whence Commeth These Teachers?
August 18, 2014 by
Teaching Is Not a Business – NYTimes.com. This is a good article by someone who also understands universities. But, (my comment on the NY Times site) Though I agree with Prof. Kirp, I would ask “from whence commeth these teachers?”. To get good teachers, we need good colleges. That second “good” means “not irresponsible or […]
How the Government Exaggerates the Cost of College – NYTimes.com
July 31, 2014 by
How the Government Exaggerates the Cost of College – NYTimes.com. Good points with a good graph. For why colleges do this, look here. For how colleges manipulate the “rack rate” to show how much “more” financial aid they give, see this post . (I just updated this post to add the comment I made. Sorry about the difficult-to-understand writing; I’m on vacation.) […]
“Teaching Teaching” A Start on the Right Track
July 29, 2014 by
A few days ago I posted a comment on a Times Magazine article about teaching math (by Elizabeth Green). Today, Joe Nocera published an op-ed on Ms. Green’s forthcoming book that the magazine’s article was excerpted from. Teaching Teaching – NYTimes.com. To readers of this blog, there is nothing new in my commen, which is […]
“…research misconduct is far from rare…”; Consequences Are. So, Do You Believe Them When They Say Their Students Are Getting A First Class Education?
July 12, 2014 by
To Ross Douthat: Universities Acting Against Their “Business Plan”? No, Not Even If It Reduces Rape, Sorry.
June 29, 2014 by
In Stopping Campus Rape – NYTimes.com. , the author makes suggestions for college administrators that he thinks (probably correctly) would reduce campus rape. The only problem – they would hurt the universities. Here are the two suggestions he makes for administrators: “…break their schools’ symbiotic relationship with the on-campus party scene…” “…separate the sexes and […]
Part Two of Americans Think We Have the World’s Best Colleges. We Don’t.
June 28, 2014 by
I have looked at the data and think this is important. I hope the study that this talks about is widely reported. I will post later on what I think the data shows. Americans Think We Have the World’s Best Colleges. We Don’t. – NYTimes.com. Since I think this is so important, I commented further. (And […]
Americans Think We Have the World’s Best Colleges. We Don’t. – NYTimes.com
June 28, 2014 by
There is more data (“Academically Adrift” reported on this a few years ago.) that show that the “average” college grad in American Americans Think We Have the World’s Best Colleges. We Don’t. – NYTimes.com. To illustrt]ate the data, I commented as follows. “The poor quality of k-12, especially high school, is DUE to the corruption (over […]
New York Times Editorial, Good Idea to Measure Performance, But…
June 25, 2014 by
This is in today’s paper. Tying Federal Aid to College Ratings – NYTimes.com. The three metrics they support are: number of poor and working-class students (>17%) graduation rates (>15%) Measuring loan default rates (<28%) At least it’s a start, but what will the real outcomes be if colleges work toward these minimum metrics? Will more […]
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