The Least Economically Diverse Top College, Seeking to Change – NYTimes.com. I replied to the following comment – which is interesting. Transparancy wrote Wash U has been labeled Coddle University for some time. That fact must be known by the administration of Wash U. Top students express disdain for the use of luxury to attract […]
Part II of: Washington U. in St. Louis “Says” It’s On Board Now With Aid to All Talented People
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Washington U. in St. Louis “Says” It’s On Board Now With Aid to All Talented People
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Update to Good College Not So Hard to Get Into Post
November 30, 2014 by
For Accomplished Students, Reaching a “Great” College Isn’t as Hard as It Seems
November 30, 2014 by
For Accomplished Students, Reaching a Good College Isn’t as Hard as It Seems – NYTimes.com. Note that I changed “Good” to “Great” since there are fewer “Good Colleges” than you think. Here is what I wrote. This article motivated me to look at MIT’s admissions statistics. Here is a back of the envelope calculation based […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
High Tuition is a Gigantic Problem – But It Isn’t “The Problem”
September 20, 2014 by
Why Federal College Ratings Won’t Rein In Tuition – NYTimes.com. I made the following comment. A federal system of transparency and accountability is critical. But cost is not the most important reason. As the author notes, “..Economic theory predicts… INFORMED [my emphasis] consumers will choose the cheapest option that meets their needs…” Almost by definition, […]
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