Prof Emanuel, Vice Provost and Professor at the Univ. of Penn., has a nice article on testing in The New Republic http://www.newrepublic.com/article/114793/american-schools-need-more-testing-not-less He has a good idea. But will it really be testing when put into practice? I directed his readers to my article. Here is what I wrote. “As someone who taught mathematics for […]
Archives for September 2013
Is The Atlantic Right to Report on a Report the Way it Did?
September 25, 2013 by
I previously commented on an article about a paper by the president of Northwestern, Northwestern President Publishes Study About Northwestern And the National Bureau of Economic Research Publishes It? The paper apparently is getting lots of publicity and The Atlantic published a second post on it, http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/09/are-tenured-professors-really-worse-teachers-a-lit-review/279940/#comments I don’t agree with some of the reporter’s […]
Community Colleges Work to Keep Students – Maybe Danger Ahead?
September 20, 2013 by
There is an informative article in the WSJ, Community Colleges Try to Revamp Image to Keep Students In Bid to Boost Graduation Rates, Schools Add Housing and Other Perks http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323342404579081201987159562.html?mod=WSJ_WSJ_US_News_5#articleTabs%3Darticle Their approach may be ok, but I wrote that I worry, since “The shortest path to more graduation is littered with less education. That’s the path […]
Wonderful Essay on Education and Society in WSJ
September 17, 2013 by
Here is the link: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324577304579055511904387286.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEFTTopOpinion#articleTabs%3Darticle It was hard to comment on this article since it was so good. I agree with it wholeheartedly. I did add information that readers of this blog already know. Here is what I wrote. “Thank you for this wonderful essay. From my perspective as a former professor, I think it […]
Elite University Extension (Night, Etc..) Schools – Do You Get The School’s Education?
September 16, 2013 by
First, in this day and time, who knows? It may be better. It may be worse, but it is an important topic and there is a nice piece in The Atlantic by someone who attended Harvard’s Extension School. http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2013/09/did-i-really-go-to-harvard-if-i-got-my-degree-taking-online-classes/279644/ I wanted to add my experience to the discussion. I hope it will help inform people. […]
Good Short Article in The Atlantic with Informative Table.
Here is the link to the article http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/09/americas-wasteful-higher-education-spending-in-a-chart/280130/#comments Here is my comment: “Just read what Bill Gross, the billionare bond investor of Pimco wrote: “…Universities are run for the benefit of the adult establishment, both politically and financially, not students. To radically change the system and to question the sanctity of a college education would […]