Here is an article from today’s WSJ Student Debt Takes a Bite Out of More Paychecks – WSJ. Here are my thoughts. “For many colleges, students are just a funnel for funds. Nowadays, colleges ask, “What can students do for my school?”, not “What can I do for my students?”. It should be no surprise […]
Why Isn’t the Government Collecting Debt From Colleges That Default on Education, Too?
June 14, 2014 by
Do Universities Care About Societal Issues? See “Getting Into the Ivies”
April 27, 2014 by
Getting Into the Ivies – NYTimes.com. Here is what I wrote, “…the poor catch up with the rich to the extent that they achieve the same level of technological know-how, skill, and education…” (quoted from Piketty, Thomas (2014-03-10). Capital in the Twenty-First Century (Kindle Locations 1315-1316). Harvard University Press. Kindle Edition. ) It is […]
Higher education: Is college worth it? | The Economist
April 10, 2014 by
Here is The Economist take on it. Higher education: Is college worth it? | The Economist. Compare this with The Atlantic Magazine’s Gung-Ho-All-The-Stats-Show-Everyone-Should-Go approach. If you search this blog for “Atlantic” you will see how undiscerning they are. That is very unfortunate for such a highly regarded magazine.
Groucho on: “Colleges Increasing Spending on Sports Faster Than on Academics, Report Finds” – NYT.com
April 7, 2014 by
Colleges Increasing Spending on Sports Faster Than on Academics, Report Finds – NYTimes.com. GROUCHO (Dean Quincy Adams Wagstaff ): Have we got a stadium? FACULTY: Yes. GROUCHO: Have we got a college? FACULTY: Yes. GROUCHO: Well, we can’t support both. Tomorrow we start tearing down the college. —From Horse Feathers, 1932, starring the Marx Brothers […]
Underwriting Standards for Universities? Why Not?
March 25, 2014 by
Today’s Wall Street Journal has a good article on graduate student debt http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303949704579459803223202602 It gave me an idea that I posted as a comment. I haven’t carefully thought it through but here it is. (If you regularly read this blog, you can skip the third paragraph.) “…”…if we had some sort of underwriting standards…” …[the author […]
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 […]
Is A Simpler Mortgage Application Good Or Bad, If The House Isn’t Inspected? More Ironic Than I Thought.
In my prevous post , I did’t comment on the fact that one of the authors is on the faculty of Columbia Teachers College. I did now. Here is the comment. One of the authors of this piece is from Columbia Teachers College. I didn’t notice that when I posted an earlier comment. That fact, […]