This essay by Kevin Carey is excellent. How to Raise a University’s Profile: Pricing and Packaging – NYTimes.com. I commented, but just to add to the information in the essay. Thank you, Mr. Carey. This essay should be required reading for everyone – at least everyone who cares about our economy, our society, and the […]
New Federal Teacher Preparation Rules Need to Focus on Content Preparation
February 4, 2015 by
(For other posts on this topic see the category for “Fed Teacher…” on the right.) The public comment period is now over. I submitted the following suggestion. (This is the link to all public comments.) My recommendation addresses the heart of the problem in teacher preparation – especially for high school teachers: Future teachers […]
Part III of: Washington U. in St. Louis “Says” It’s On Board Now With Aid to All Talented People
January 16, 2015 by
The Least Economically Diverse Top College, Seeking to Change – NYTimes.com. I added this. “…an existing financial aid budget of $100 million…” Be careful about the definition of “financial aid”. Here is a good explanation from the article “Despite Rising Sticker Prices Actual College Costs Stable Over Decade Study Says” (October 25, 2013, New York […]
Part II of: Washington U. in St. Louis “Says” It’s On Board Now With Aid to All Talented People
January 16, 2015 by
The Least Economically Diverse Top College, Seeking to Change – NYTimes.com. I replied to the following comment – which is interesting. Transparancy wrote Wash U has been labeled Coddle University for some time. That fact must be known by the administration of Wash U. Top students express disdain for the use of luxury to attract […]
Washington U. in St. Louis “Says” It’s On Board Now With Aid to All Talented People
January 16, 2015 by
Does The University of Chicago Try to Catch Up on Economic Diversity? Let’s Hope So, But We Need to Watch.
October 2, 2014 by
David Leohardt’s article is here. The University of Chicago Tries to Catch Up on Economic Diversity – NYTimes.com. My comment was: “It will be important to keep our eye on this program. Hopefully, it will be in the tradition of their ground-breaking and principled President Robert Maynard Hutchins (’29-’45). Unfortunately, though, nowadays many universities take […]
Washington U. in St. Louis is a Standout on NY Times Graph – See Why
September 12, 2014 by
Look at this article for the graph. Making Top Colleges Less Aristocratic and More Meritocratic – NYTimes.com. What is interesting is how Wash. U. brags that they do the opposite of what the graph shows. Look here for what I mean by that. I posted this comment on the Times article. (Someone didn’t agree what I wrote and […]
The Real Purpose of a University – It Needs to be Changed
September 9, 2014 by
In today’s New York Times, David Brooks writes in his op-ed, Becoming a Real Person – NYTimes.com , that “…We have before us then, three distinct purposes for a university…”. No, there is just one – Self Aggrandizement. Here is what I wrote. “I taught at an “elite” university (Washington U. in St. Louis) and I have […]
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