This is the lead article on today’s Times. Workers at N.Y.U.’s Abu Dhabi Site Faced Harsh Conditions – NYTimes.com. This very good article helps demonstrate just how much American universities think they can get away with in their essentially business operations. Few businesses can take advantage of a decades old brand. Few businesses have the […]
Archives for May 2014
More on Frank Bruni’s Column
May 18, 2014 by
In the previous post , I explained why I don’t believe that America has many “great” universities. I made another comment on the same article, trying to point out why “just money” is not even close to the answer. Here is the comment. “We can’t just “..pump more public money back into higher education to keep […]
Frank Bruni Gets Closer to the Truth, But Just Closer
May 18, 2014 by
This is his column for today: Class, Cost and College – NYTimes.com. I have a post and a link to one of his previous columns. I made a couple of comments on his column to try to explain why I don’t totally agree with him. Here there are, in reverse order. second comment “…reminded…of the greatness […]
That’s What You Mean When You Say “Think”!
May 17, 2014 by
That’s a quote from a student. My wife likes the story and thought I should post it. It’s from when I taught at Southern Illinois University back in the eighties. First, you need a little background. I would tell calculus students that there is a special method for solving many math problems. When they asked what it […]
Ross Douthat Gets It!
May 11, 2014 by
No gains for 12th-graders on national exam – The Washington Post
May 8, 2014 by
I posted comments on this coverage and the coverage in the WSJ. No gains for 12th-graders on national exam – The Washington Post. Here is the comment: The major reason for poor high school performance is easy to see, but most people have trouble believing the elephant in the room is HIGHER EDUCATION,. That elephant […]
Student Debt Grows Faster at Universities With Highest-Paid Leaders, Study Finds – NYTimes.com
I’m posting this link because I think it is interesting. Student Debt Grows Faster at Universities With Highest-Paid Leaders, Study Finds – NYTimes.com. 5/20/14 I added a comment on the report site. Here it is. (For those that have already seen the essence of the first two paragraphs in other posts, go to the last […]