Source: Corporations Will Inherit the Earth – The New York Times I posted this comment on the page. Here is Thomas Jefferson on the importance of the type of education that is critical to democracy but not to corporations. “…Preach…a crusade against ignorance…improve the law for educating the common people. Let our countrymen know […]
Corporations and Government and Education – Excellent Analysis by Frank Bruni in NY Times
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An Admissions Surprise (Or a Marketing Ploy?)
October 18, 2015 by
Exclusive schools say they want more diversity. Will a new application process really get them there? Source: An Admissions Surprise From the Ivy League – The New York Times I commented. Since my comments use – as examples – Washington University’s Chancellor Mark Wrighton and Provost Holden Thorp, here are links to closely related stories about […]
CORRECTION: Link to Article Referred to in the Post: A Prudent College Path
August 11, 2015 by
The Education Assassins (Scary, Really)
May 31, 2015 by
There’s considerable animus for the Department of Education these days. Let’s not get carried away. Source: The Education Assassins – NYTimes.com I wrote. To see how scary it is, just go to my blog inside-higher-ed . Yes, the blog is about higher education, but it explains how higher education dumbs down all of education, doing […]
“Platinum Pay in Ivory Towers” Op-Ed Shows Frank Bruni is on to Something – That’s Good
May 20, 2015 by
The excessive salaries of some college presidents send a message at odds with higher education. Source: Platinum Pay in Ivory Towers – NYTimes.com I commented as follows. “..ostensible mission of academia..” Great word, “ostensible”. Here is how they get away with fooling us. “..advantage can..be taken of [students] by unscrupulous instructors and institutions..the student estate […]
Frank Bruni Thinks Learning LibArts Is Important? I Do Too, But Where Do You Go To Do That?
May 3, 2015 by
See From ‘Hamlet’ to Hillary – NYTimes.com for Bruni’s article. My comment: “As a former professor – and observer of higher education – I think that in 2015 you would be hard put to find the type of courses that your examples took, not in 2015. I recently posted (on my blog inside-higher-ed) a syllabus from […]
Mr. Bruni, Don’t Be Surprised When You Don’t FInd “Academic Virtues” in Academe
April 22, 2015 by
Hollywood Trumps Harvard – NYTimes.com. Professors Gates and Oz are just doing what hordes [of] professors and administrators do regularly – act in their own interests, letting us praise “academic virtues”, not them. I’m a former math professor. After over twenty years inside the tower, I have seen how easy it is to prey on […]
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