Teacher recruitment: High-fliers in the classroom | The Economist. My comment: I’m a former math professor and have seen how the corrupted American system of higher education has caused so much of high school education to be a sham. That’s right, higher ed dumbs down lower ed. Here is one important way. For decades, […]
I Answer: More than 4 out of 5 students graduate without a job. How could colleges change that? – The Washington Post
January 30, 2015 by
More than 4 out of 5 students graduate without a job. How could colleges change that? – The Washington Post. “…How Could Colleges Change That?…” I can guarantee two things. (1) They could change “that” by not scamming people by telling them they are educating “students”, when they are just conning “customers”. (2) Don’t count […]
Recovery at Last? Writes Paul Krugman. I Worry “Not For All”
December 8, 2014 by
Here is a link and my comments. Recovery at Last? – NYTimes.com. “…Many young Americans graduated into a labor market that didn’t want their skills, and will never get back onto the career tracks they should have had…” [quoted from Krugman’s Op-Ed] The fact is true. The implication is false. The reason so many will […]
Brooklyn College Graduates Step In to Depressing Job Market? No, Brooklyn College Appears to Teach Little.
June 9, 2014 by
Brooklyn College Graduates Step In to Depressing Job Market – NYTimes.com. Even their top graduate is having trouble. To get a degree in business, management and finance at Brooklyn College, two math courses are required: Calculus I, and, Elementary Probability and Statistics. (A more advanced Prob. and Stat. course can be taken.) Here are four (of eight) questions from […]
NY Times Might Start to See That Time Matters
June 8, 2014 by
Starting Out Behind – NYTimes.com. In the above editorial, the Times makes comparisons between1970 and 2012. They see that young people did better in 1970 (with fewer having gone to college), but I’m not sure that they are ready to say that education has changed for the worse. I did. Here is my comment. “I […]
How to Get a Job at Google [Really What to Do in College to Get a Good Job.], Part 2 – NYTimes.com
April 20, 2014 by
Great advice (not just about Google) from Laszlo Bock, the head of hiring at Google: How to Get a Job at Google, Part 2 – NYTimes.com. Here is the advice that I would add: (I commented on the NYTimes site.) You need to make sure that your college or university is fullfilling the requirements Mr. Bock talks […]
Corporations Join Up With Colleges to Design Curricula – WSJ.com
April 8, 2014 by
Corporations Join Up With Colleges to Design Curricula – WSJ.com. This reporting is excellent and important. I commented but this is a topic that I want to think about more. Here is my comment. “Good news? or, bad news? Here is the view from a former math professor who has been worried about higher education […]
Krugman on “No Skills Gap” Part II
March 31, 2014 by
There was a reply to my comment on Paul Krugman’s Op-Ed. (See Krugman Relying on Flawed Data on “Skills Gap”) It asked an excellent question. Here is the comment and my reply. Comment: “Then, of course, we would see employers preferring those who received a degree when it still was an education. But we don’t […]
“Even With Debt, College Still Pays Off”(The Atlantic) NOT FOR SOCIETY
Even With Debt, College Still Pays Off – The Atlantic. I believe that the story is much more subtle. Here is what I wrote. “There is a more nuanced view of the fact that “college grads out earn high school grads” than just “college is worth it”. Here is the short version. It is based […]