College Rankings by Recruiters

The link is below.  If you have an idea of what you want to do, you should pay special attention to rankings by major. In my view, this is an excellent way to rank colleges.  For example, companies will indirectly know if a university has good humanities courses.  How?  That universities’ graduates will be able to understand […]

American 15-Year-Olds Fall Further Back in Math

The New York Tims and the Wall Street Journal both reported the results of the 2012 Program for International Student Assessment (PISA).  (http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/03/education/american-15-year-olds-lag-mainly-in-math-on-international-standardized-tests.html?ref=us&_r=0 http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304579404579234511824563116) I commented on wsj.com and I wll follow up with a post that contains another personal story.  Here is my comment. “I am a former math professor who taught at an […]