The university should start filtering for self-importance, and future big donors. Source: Harvard Admissions Needs ‘Moneyball for Life’ – The New York Times
Archives for June 2015
The Top 100 Private Institutions-1998 SAT Scores – How Did the Ones That Climbed Do That?
June 21, 2015 by
The Watchdogs of College Education Rarely Bite – WSJ
June 18, 2015 by
Accreditors keep hundreds of colleges with low graduation rates or high loan defaults alive. Source: The Watchdogs of College Education Rarely Bite – WSJ It’s worse than graduation rates. I wrote. The fish stinks from the head. I know, I have taught at the head and the tail. The real stink comes more from not educating […]
Example of How First Graders Are Learning to Think Mathematically
June 16, 2015 by
A Mathematician Sees the Problem; Hopefully He Will See the Cause Too
June 16, 2015 by
But don’t get too excited. It’s the same as the old one…My kid has had teachers who liked and understood the math they taught. But not everyone’s so fortunate Source: Meet the New Common Core I added, Prof. Ellenberg, I too am a mathematician, but, unlike you, I have been fortunate enough to have taught […]
So Are the Ramifications of Not Getting What You Paid For
June 13, 2015 by
The ramifications of defaulting and remaining in debt deliberately are usually real and lasting. Source: Taking On Student Debt, and Refusing to Pay – NYTimes.com I commented. You write that “…the ramifications of defaulting and remaining in debt deliberately are usually real and lasting…” True, but there is something much worse: the ramifications of colleges […]
“Student Loans and Defaults: The Facts – NYTimes.com” My View: Anyway you Slice it, or Dice it, It’s Too Commonly a Shakedown
June 12, 2015 by
“…Graduate students borrow a lot more than undergraduates…” Source: Student Loans and Defaults: The Facts – NYTimes.com I commented. A more descriptive statement than “…borrowing is highest among the minority of college students who go on for graduate study..” is:Borrowing is highest among two groups of students: those who realize that they were scammed and […]
Who Can We Trust to Have Control?
June 5, 2015 by
Gov. Walker and leaders in Wisconsin’s Republican-held Legislature are pushing the University of Wisconsin system to give a board largely picked by the governor far more control over firings and even curriculum. Source: Unions Subdued, Scott Walker Turns to Tenure at Wisconsin Colleges – NYTimes.com My view? Here is what I wrote. “We can’t afford […]
Evidence That Schools That Educate Graduate Students Who Are in Big Demand
June 1, 2015 by
Uber…put up a billboard outside Carnegie Mellon’s computer-sciences building that said: “We are looking for the best software engineers in Pittsburgh.” Graduate students are being approached to work at the company. Source: Carnegie Mellon Reels After Uber Lures Away Researchers – WSJ This is a story about one of the top schools in computer science […]
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