Maybe it does. Here is a link to a paper where Prof. Hoxby (Prof. of Econ. at Bekelely, formerly at Harvard and a MacArthur Fellow) describes two models of of institutions of higher education: http://papers.nber.org/tmp/43484-w19816.pdf The models are described in the first part of the paper. Prof. Hoxby “…contrast[s] nonselective postsecondary education (NSPE) in which institutions sell fairly standardized […]
Archives for January 2014
“Highly Educated” (From The Atlantic)? I Say Maybe “Highly Degreed”
January 25, 2014 by
Actually, Jordan Weissmann has posted interesting news about a study by the Dept.. of Ed., but I must take him to task about his interpretation .http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/01/highly-educated-highly-indebted-the-lives-of-todays-27-year-olds-in-charts/283263/#comments “I am former college professor, who has spent almost a lifetime observing how much of higher education is essentially a scam on students and their parents. I feel compelled […]
Liberal Arts and Money – A Comment
January 24, 2014 by
Jordan Weissmann of The Atlantic posted an article titled “Money Is a Terrible Way to Measure the Value of a College Major” http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/01/money-is-a-terrible-way-to-measure-the-value-of-a-college-major/283290/#comments I commented on what I feel is the pecuniary value of a liberal arts education, and, on how earnings might reflect the quality of the liberal arts courses in a school. Here is […]
Andrew Simmons in The Atlantic on “The Danger of Telling Poor Kids That College Is the Key to Social Mobility”
January 20, 2014 by
Here is the link: http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2014/01/the-danger-of-telling-poor-kids-that-college-is-the-key-to-social-mobility/283120/ This is my comment, which explains my view on the essay. (For some reason The Atlantic rejected this comment for a couple of days, before posting it.) I think the article itself is good and worth reading. “The thought behind this essay is so well-meaning that I am loathe to […]
Jordan Weissman at The Atlantic Reports on a New Federal Reserve Report on Underemployment
January 16, 2014 by
You can read his article here http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/01/the-growth-of-college-grads-in-dead-end-jobs-in-2-graphs/283137/#comments You will find a link to the Fed’s paper. Unfortunately, when the Fed looks at the data they leave out recent grads who are still in school, even part-time. I posted two comments that give my view on this and other aspects of the article. Here they are. […]
An Informative Comment on My Post, “Duke University Professor Calls It Like It Is”
January 15, 2014 by
Someone responded to my recent comment on a Chronicle of Higher Education article. (See Duke University Professor Calls It Like It Is) I find the person’s observation, though anecdotal like mine, as more evidence that what I have seen is not unusual. Here is part of what they wrote. “I read your Washington U. tale, and found it believable […]
Video of Dog Walking Grand Rapids Style!
January 15, 2014 by
Statisticallyl Interesting Report
In my previous post “Highly Educated” (From The Atlantic)? I Say Maybe “Highly Degreed” I referenced Jordan Weissmann’s Atlantic article http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/01/highly-educated-highly-indebted-the-lives-of-todays-27-year-olds-in-charts/283263/#comments I think his statistics are wrong but very interesting and I expressed this in my comment. “If 84% of all of today’s 27 year olds have some college, then the number of 27 year olds with […]