Two similar articles have appeared that discuss the topic of “where” one gets a degree and its effect on starting median salary. What is most important, I think, is that both article refer to the data that is available on the website www.collegemeasures.org . (I commented on the Chronicle of Higher Education article and compared […]
Archives for April 2013
Comments on The Atlantic Site Containing References
April 23, 2013 by
The Atlantic Monthly wrote a piece which I believe misses important details, and, thus, issues, about student debt. I wrote a comment. I then replied to someone else. If you read my blog, you probably won’t find my comment so new, but if you look at my reply, you will see references to some very good […]
A discussion of the value of MOOC’s (Online Courses)
April 21, 2013 by
There is an article in today’s NYTimes http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/21/opinion/sunday/grading-the-mooc-university.html?ref=opinion#comments that discusses online courses. This gave me an opportunity to comment on my experiences with both an MIT online course and what it demonstrated about how this particular material had not been taught well (in my opinion) in the past. Here is the comment I posted. “It is […]
Addendum to Previous Post: Social Security Garnished for Some Scammed Graduate Students
April 21, 2013 by
Here is the link to that post: on Social Security Garnished for Some Scammed Graduate Students The Chronicle of Higher Education article (referenced in the post on Social Security Garnished for Some Scammed Graduate Students) mentions several people, one of whom is Joan Roberts. I mention her in my post and she has a comment […]
How to teach or “transfer training” or “get others to be able to do it and know it, too”
April 19, 2013 by
I just came across a passage that does a good job of conveying the essence of how to teach. It is in ‘Higher Education in Transition” 4th Ed. by John S. Brubacher and Willis Rudy. Since this passage essentially describes the basic philosophy that I use in teaching, and since I teach math, I will […]
Comments added to Atlantic Article
Some additional discussion has been added to the Atlantic Article referred to on this post: Great post on The Atlantic Site about Law Schools