Higher Education, Liberal Arts and Shakespeare – NYTimes.com. My comment: First, liberal arts is not a luxury. Try this for starters. When you try to move up the corporate ladder, you are not going to get many chances to ask higher ups what they “meant by that”; and you better hope you can write good […]
In Praise of Dartmouth (I Hope)
January 30, 2015 by
“Dartmouth Cites Student Misconduct in Its Ban on Hard Liquor – NYTimes.com. I put “I Hope” because though all I have seen is good, one never knows. Anyway, I pointed out that Dartmouth’s administration may be ok. “This is one of three actions I have seen from Dartmouth that impress me (as a former math […]
Is College Sexual Assault a Fraternity Problem? Fundamentally, No.
January 29, 2015 by
Is College Sexual Assault a Fraternity Problem? – NYTimes.com. I wrote: “The problem is colleges, period. They do what their “customers” ask, whether it be in the realm of fun, football, faux-classes, faux-degrees, or whatever. If they get complaints from “customers” that the school is no fun, they will get fun – even if that […]
Why It Is So Easy For Colleges to Get Away With It
January 29, 2015 by
This article, Vanderbilt Rape Convictions Stir Both Outrage and Denial – NYTimes.com. is about a horrendous rape, but it contains excellent insights into why colleges can get away with so much; whether it be covering up campus crime, letting football players get away with crimes, or, cheating students out of an education. I explain in […]
Support Our Students (Part Two)
January 20, 2015 by
Support Our Students – NYTimes.com. I added a comment. “..Half of all community-college students arrive unprepared for college work..” I think Mr. Brooks just wrote, correctly, that now even much of high school “education” is a sham. That is because far too many colleges are a sham. (High school teachers got (or, more likely, did […]
Support Our Students – by David Brooks
January 20, 2015 by
Support Our Students – NYTimes.com. I commented. “..The important task is to help students graduate..” No, the important task is to help students acquire an “education”, not a just “graduation”. This lack of content in so many “degrees” – whether they are high school degrees or college degrees – can be traced to the greed […]
Debate On Times Site: Are Global Universities Good for U.S. Colleges?
January 20, 2015 by
Are Global Universities Good for U.S. Colleges? – Room for Debate – NYTimes.com. They have seven debaters with six different views. The best comment I have seen about this issue – or, almost any issue – is from Robert Maynard Hutchins. “It is sad but true that when an institution determines to do something in order […]
“Helping the Poor in Education” Yes, But to Really Help Them…
January 17, 2015 by
Certainly this idea, Helping the Poor in Education: The Power of a Simple Nudge – NYTimes.com doesn’t hurt, but we can do much better. I commented. Helping someone get a college “degree” – without a college “education” – only helps at the periphery; especially when they only have a high school “degree”, but no high school […]
Community College Comments On: Expanding Community College Access – NYTimes.com.
January 15, 2015 by
I’m going to start posting excerpts from comments on news article that I worry are warnings, and that seem to substantiate what I have seen elsewhere. I’m doing this because I don’t have personal experience with those colleges and need to rely on others’ reports. I will stick with what they say they have seen. Expanding Community College […]
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