“The Chronicle of Higher Education” Shows How A Good Idea Becomes A Dangerous Idea

Note the headline of this from a frontpage article of the May 16 Chronicle,

A Caring Professor May Be Key in How a Graduate Thrives – Administration – The Chronicle of Higher Education.

The article focuses little on the second part of this statement from the Gallup Report,

“…Feeling supported and having deep learning experiences means everything when it comes to long-term outcomes for college graduates…” (From page 6 of the report)

I posted on this before and here is the comment I put on the Chronicle’s page.

“Someone missed the all important “and” in the report.

“…Feeling supported AND [my caps for emphasis] having deep learning experiences means everything when it comes to long-term outcomes for college graduates…” (From page 6 of the report)

I’m sure that many universities that excel at making studetns “feel” supported, and could care less about “deep learning” (since it causes too many student complaints) will be happy to forget about the “and”. Instead, they will misstate the results of the studies as part of their marketinng. That is why it is so important that this oversight be corrected.