Playing College Moneyball – NYTimes.com. I wrote, ” “…universities are simply not built to run a multibillion-dollar entertainment industry…” Dean Quincy Adams Wagstaff had a solution for that. 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. […]

Playing College Moneyball – NYTimes.com. I commented on what I think was Mr. Nocera’s misunderstanding of what universities are now “built” for. ” ‘…universities are simply not built to run a multibillion-dollar entertainment industry…’ Running an “…entertainment industry…” may not have been their initial business, but many have done quite well at it, thank you. […]

The Roots of Obama’s Ambitious College Plan – NYTimes.com. I will have more to say, but I commented as follows. “”If 13 years of education — K-through-12 — was the right amount of education for the typical citizen back then, it surely is not still the right amount today.” There is a plethora of evidence […]

The Gift of Education – NYTimes.com. This is a nice column.  I liked it, but felt that it was important to add the following comment. “But make sure – after you have toasted all of those wonderful people devoted to helping with education – that you throw your drink in the face of all of […]