According to today’s NY Times http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/15/nyregion/new-york-issuing-scorecards-on-teacher-colleges.html?pagewanted=1&tntemail0=y&_r=1&emc=edit_tnt_20130814 Mayor Bloomberg is holding universities responsible for poorly (or well) trained teachers – something I have stressed here. (See the category University Education Dumbs Down High School , particularly the post, A Suggestion for Holding Colleges Accountable for Teacher Performance .) I hope his administration goes on to look at graduate schools. For my […]
Follow the Money
August 6, 2013 by
Good article about student loan defaults. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323420604578650420166447266.html?mod=WSJ_article_comments#articleTabs%3Dcomments About 22% of those not in school are either in default or forbearance. Even in a bad economy, that is a big number. Here is what I think it says (posted as a comment on the article). “As a former professor, my advice is, follow the money. Ask […]
Washington University Engineering Says Northwest Missouri’s Calculus and Physics is “Equivalent” to Theirs
July 26, 2013 by
There is an article in today’s NY Times that mentions Randolph College and some of the problems they, and others, are having filling freshman slots. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/26/education/in-a-recovering-economy-a-decline-in-college-enrollment.html?pagewanted=all I commented and will include that at the bottom of this post. But first this. Randolph College is one of the schools affiliated with Washington University’s 3-2 Engineering Program. […]
Times Post Relies In Part On Report From Questionable Source
July 24, 2013 by
Here is the link to the article. (Also, my previous post is a comment on this article.) http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07/22/college-counseling-and-job-prospects/#more-165893 I have commented before on the National Association of Colleges and Employers here Median Starting Salaries for College Graduates $27,000 or $40,735? | Inside Higher Education Here is my comment on the Times site: “This post reports […]
NY Times Post on Academic Advising Is Good But Needs to Address Issues of Trust
July 23, 2013 by
The NY Times had a recent article on Saturday (“Frayed Prospects, Despite a Degree”) and this follow up post about the lack of advice about majors http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07/22/college-counseling-and-job-prospects/#more-165893 The problem is probably more than a lack of advice. The question is, when the advice is available, can it be trusted? Here is the comment I made. […]
High Unemployment for Recent Grads in Info Systems, Comp. Sci., and Engineering
Today’s USA Today has a good article on unemployment for recent grads. (http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2013/07/30/tech-job-unemployment/2595669/) I commented with my views. “After spending over a quarter of a century as a college professor, this does not surprise me. It does sadden me. We are seeing the observations of Clark Kerr (“…This shift from academic merit to student consumerism […]