I posted this comment on today’s New York Times’ Op-Ed http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/23/opinion/sunday/a-common-core-for-all-of-us.html?ref=opinion&_r=0 “The discussion about the Common Core is interesting, both politically and intellectually. But without the “missing core”, all of these discussions and disagreements about the nature and goal of education, won’t matter. What is this “missing core”? Call it integrity, scrupples, whatever. But, until we, as […]
NYTimes Op-Ed Has Interesting Details On College Costs to Families
March 21, 2014 by
The op-ed is titled “A Quick Way to Cut Costs”. Though I don’t think it is realistic, or the right approach (I describe why in my comment, which is copied below.), I think it is excelllent for the information it contains, especially about the Expected Family Contribution. I recommend it. Here is the link. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/21/opinion/a-quick-way-to-cut-college-costs.html Here […]
Excellent Op-Ed But, Again, The Author Seems Not Aware of the Fundamental Problem.
March 3, 2014 by
In her New York Times Op-Ed, SUZANNE METTLER, points out how college now increases inequality. This is no surprise to readers of this blog. Here are the relevant posts. American 15-Year-Olds Fall Further Back in Math No Jobs for Ph.D’s? Depends on what you mean by Ph.D. Professor Alfred Doesn’t Know What is Wrong with […]
Tom Friedman’s “How to Get a Job at Google”
February 24, 2014 by
It is good because it quotes the Sr. VP in charge of hiring on the five attributes that companies like Google are looking for in an employee. Here is the link http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/23/opinion/sunday/friedman-how-to-get-a-job-at-google.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&_r=0 I want to point out the following statement from Tom Friedman, “…For most young people…going to college and doing well is still the […]
New York Times Editorial Board: “…the new college campus…does not seem geared to fulfill…the major mission of universities: educating students.”
February 17, 2014 by
This is not the first Editorial from the New York Times on education. But it is the first that I have seen where The Editorial Board seems to be realizing that too many universities don’t see the “new college campus” as a place for education. I have posted here about most of the previous editorials. (I will […]
A Comment on Nicholas Kristoff’s Op-Ed in the New York Times
February 16, 2014 by
I tell him what I think Clark Kerr’s explanation would be for why there are fewer public intellectuals. I also, comment on my own situation in trying to address important public issues. Here is a link to his blogpost, which, in turn contains a link to his Sunday column. I commented on his blog. “I […]
“Making College Pay” by “Making College equal Education”
February 13, 2014 by
“Doesn’t a more educated society create a stronger economy? Doesn’t the internet create jobs? Doesn’t a society who can understand and support economically valuable public policy create jobs and a better society? A college “education” does create jobs and a better society. A college degree without an attached education -which is what we have far […]
On New York Times Editorial “Making College Pay”
February 13, 2014 by
I’m glad to see that the Times Editorial Board finally has some questions about college. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/13/opinion/making-college-pay.html?hp&rref=opinion I think they are still missing the main point and conflating college degree with college education. I also think that their statistics paint too rosy a picture. It is important to dig into the data to see which college grads […]
To the New York Times Editors: Please Pay Attention
February 6, 2014 by
A plea from me to the NY Times editors on http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/06/opinion/a-solution-for-bad-teaching.html?ref=opinion (Actually, given that the Times’ Tamar Lewin does a good job of reporting on higher ed, I’m surprised that the Times’s “doesn’t get it”.) “This Op-Ed helps to demonstrate just how out of touch with the realities of higher education this paper’s editors are. I say […]
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