America’s Chip Renaissance Needs Workers – WSJ See my comment on the article. Here is what I wrote. Many universities, like the “elite” one where I taught engineers, want happy “customers”, not educated ‘students”. That America doesn’t have the excellent engineers it needs is not a surprise to me. When I taught differential equations, the […]
Keeping Engineering Students in the Program as “Happy Customers” is Wreaking Havoc on American Manufacturing.
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“…let our students know that Harvard is not really in the business of preparing them to grapple with the world’s complexities…”
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A Graph Worth a Lot WSJ
October 25, 2017 by
Source: College Costs Continue to Edge Higher – WSJ I commented. It’s important to understand that colleges, not only use discriminatory pricing (“discriminatory” in its economic sense), but advertise a high tuition for branding purposes. Here is what that high price says to the “customer” (once quaintly called the “student”). You, the customer, are going […]
Colleges Resist Federal Effort to Gauge Student Outcomes – WSJ
April 10, 2017 by
Source: Colleges Resist Federal Effort to Gauge Student Outcomes – WSJ Nothing new here to readers of this blog I wrote, Of course they don’t want anyone to know. Want to see the smelly reason why? Just read “A Tale Out of School” (on my blog inside-higher-ed ) to get a realistic sense of how “outcomes” […]
Excellent WSJ Article on AP
February 16, 2017 by
Follow this to the article. Here was my comment. I am a retired math professor who, for years, taught gifted high school students that had completed AP calculus and who went on to attend elite schools. I have a blog (See below.) where, by clicking on the category “AP”, you can read about AP courses, […]
Is a Ph.D. Holder a Qualified Ph.D.? Not Always
June 15, 2016 by
As the supply of doctorate holders grows and their academic job prospects dwindle, schools take steps to help graduates find work beyond the academy. Source: Job-Seeking Ph.D. Holders Look to Life Outside School My comment. Advice from a retired math professor: Don’t be fooled by a doctoral degree- or the offer of one. Here is […]
Demand for H1-B Skilled-Worker Visas Forces Agency Into Lottery – WSJ
April 8, 2016 by
U.S. demand for foreign skilled-worker visas surpassed the entire year’s mandated supply within five days, prompting the government to say it will award them through a lottery. Source: Demand for H1-B Skilled-Worker Visas Forces Agency Into Lottery – WSJ I wrote… To paraphrase, “It’s the flood of certification, and paucity of education, stupid.” In other […]
Colleges Flex Lobbying Muscle – WSJ (Very Important)
November 9, 2015 by
College and universities have lobbied aggressively to beat back dozens of government proposals to measure their successes and failures, including a federal ratings system. Source: Colleges Flex Lobbying Muscle – WSJ See Bill Gross on the power of universities – see this to see how much revenue some of them receive yearly. I commented. Speaking […]
Who is Scamming Whom?
October 1, 2015 by
More U.S. campuses pay agents commissions to find foreign students—illegal when recruiting most Americans—but sometimes get phony applications, ghostwritten essays. Source: American Colleges Pay Agents to Woo Foreigners, Despite Fraud Risk I wrote the following. “Risk of Fraud“? Who is defrauding whom? If higher education wasn’t such a serious matter, it would be funny that […]
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