Let’s compare the Math SAT scores from Washington University in St. Louis School of Engineering, MIT and Carnegie-Mellon’s Engineering and Computer Science. MIT’s admitted middle 50% is 740 to 800. The average for those admitted who enroll is 765. Carnegie-Mellon’s middle 50% for those who enroll is 740 to 800 for Engineering and 780 to 800 for […]
How to teach or “transfer training” or “get others to be able to do it and know it, too”
April 19, 2013 by
I just came across a passage that does a good job of conveying the essence of how to teach. It is in ‘Higher Education in Transition” 4th Ed. by John S. Brubacher and Willis Rudy. Since this passage essentially describes the basic philosophy that I use in teaching, and since I teach math, I will […]
Teacher competency exams for holding UNIVERSITIES accountable
April 8, 2013 by
If we gave teachers – starting with high school teachers – competency exams in their subject field, where we compiled performance data only for the schools they attended, we could start to hold universities accountable. It seems to me that this would be easy to do. I’m sure the teachers would agree if their individual scores were […]
No Jobs for Ph.D’s? Depends on what you mean by Ph.D.
February 25, 2013 by
Jordan Weissman has again posted an excellent article – with good graphics – in the Atlantic. This one is titled “The Ph.D Bust: America’s Awful Market for Young Scientists—in 7 Charts” (http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/02/the-phd-bust-americas-awful-market-for-young-scientists-in-7-charts/273339/). (He had a previous article about the cost of textbooks, which I reference in my post, http://www.inside-higher-ed.com/good-graph-on-…nd-some-advice/. So, why aren’t these “Ph.D’s” getting jobs? If […]
It Starts in the18th Grade
December 12, 2012 by
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/11/education/us-students-still-lag-globally-in-math-and-science-tests-show.html?ref=us is a link to an article in the NYTimes. Of course, it is not news that US students perfom poorly in math and science. What is probably not understood is how US graduate education impacts this in a big way. How does this happen? Here are my conclusions. The Short Summary: For a variety of reasons, […]
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