More U.S. campuses pay agents commissions to find foreign students—illegal when recruiting most Americans—but sometimes get phony applications, ghostwritten essays. Source: American Colleges Pay Agents to Woo Foreigners, Despite Fraud Risk I wrote the following. “Risk of Fraud“? Who is defrauding whom? If higher education wasn’t such a serious matter, it would be funny that […]
Grad-School Loan Binge Fans Debt Worries (It’s Just Another Symptom of the Real Problem – Corrupted Values in Higher Ed)
August 19, 2015 by
Graduate students represent just 14% of students in higher education but account for about 40% of the $1.19 trillion in student debt. Many seek government-loan forgiveness. Source: Grad-School Loan Binge Fans Debt Worries – WSJ Here is my comment “..’What we’re doing is randomly subsidizing lots of people without careful thought,’ says Sandy Baum…” Wrong. […]
The Watchdogs of College Education Rarely Bite – WSJ
June 18, 2015 by
Accreditors keep hundreds of colleges with low graduation rates or high loan defaults alive. Source: The Watchdogs of College Education Rarely Bite – WSJ It’s worse than graduation rates. I wrote. The fish stinks from the head. I know, I have taught at the head and the tail. The real stink comes more from not educating […]
Evidence That Schools That Educate Graduate Students Who Are in Big Demand
June 1, 2015 by
Uber…put up a billboard outside Carnegie Mellon’s computer-sciences building that said: “We are looking for the best software engineers in Pittsburgh.” Graduate students are being approached to work at the company. Source: Carnegie Mellon Reels After Uber Lures Away Researchers – WSJ This is a story about one of the top schools in computer science […]
“Class of 2015 Is Summa Cum Lucky in the Job Market” But Who Knows for Sure, Given the Data Source
May 29, 2015 by
Source: Class of 2015 Is Summa Cum Lucky in the Job Market – WSJ I wrote, “You write that, “…Members of the class of 2014 had an average starting salary of $48,127 a year…according to the National Association of Colleges and Employers, a group made up of schools as well as companies that recruit from […]
College Counsel for the Poor – WSJ
April 21, 2015 by
College Counsel for the Poor – WSJ. I suggest this excellent article. I commented. “In their insightful book, Paying for the Party – How College Maintains Inequality, Elizabeth Armstrong and Laura Hamilton, show that a major reason why many students need outside counseling is not just the students’ background. It is also the fact that […]
Pressure to Please Students – It’s All Over the Place
April 13, 2015 by
Dan Laroque responded (on the WSJ site)to my previous post. I think it is important because, I have only taught at 3 places. From that and newspaper articles, books, and data, I deduce behavior elsewhere. His comment adds to our understanding. Here it is. “By the time I retired I was fully disgusted with fake teaching. […]
Demand for Skilled-Worker Visas Exceeds Annual Supply – WSJ
April 8, 2015 by
Demand for Skilled-Worker Visas Exceeds Annual Supply – WSJ. My comment and explanation: “In a nutshell, these two items explain this story. 1. Washington U. in St. Louis, “make it the normal ‘cookbook’ course..so we don’t have trouble [with students]…” (Chair of Math Dep’t speaking to me about a critical course for engineers); on another […]
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