After you read this, read some of my posts about "faux" PhDs. ‘Financially Hobbled for Life’: The Elite Master’s Degrees That Don’t Pay Off - WSJ … [Continue reading]
Elite Film Program Graduates: Median Debt of $181,000, Median Salary $30,000. Think Columbia, NYU, USC and Other Masters Degrees.
April 17, 2024 by Leave a Comment
To the Ex. Editor of the NY Times: Maybe Something is Wrong at Colleges?
April 13, 2024 by 1 Comment
"[The Ex. Editor] also suggested that colleges aren’t preparing new hires to be tolerant of dissenting views." This is from today's WSJ article, New York Times Bosses Seek to Quash Rebellion in the Newsroom - WSJ . Here is the comment I … [Continue reading]
Keeping Engineering Students in the Program as “Happy Customers” is Wreaking Havoc on American Manufacturing.
April 12, 2024 by Leave a Comment
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 … [Continue reading]
SMU – FUN! FUN! FUN! Is that what college is for?
April 2, 2024 by Leave a Comment
I just happened to go to their site. It starts with "SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD TIME". Hmmm. Just type in smu.edu. … [Continue reading]
Universities Don’t Want Much Research Oversight (WSJ)
March 29, 2024 by Leave a Comment
Here is a link to the excellent article. The Feds Want More Oversight of Scientific Research. Universities Are Fighting Back. - WSJ I wrote a post The Purloined Proof (inside-higher-ed.com about how some well-known professors stole someone's work. … [Continue reading]
Pamel Paul of the NY Times Sadly Misses the Forest for the Trees
March 14, 2024 by
Here is a link to my comment and her opinion piece. Opinion | Colleges Are Putting Their Futures at Risk - The New York Times (nytimes.com) … [Continue reading]
John Adams on Education for All
March 12, 2024 by
"The preservation of the means of knowledge among the lowest ranks, is of more importance to the public than all the property of all the rich men in the country. It is even of more consequence to the rich themselves, and to their prosperity." - A … [Continue reading]
The School Issues We’re Battling Over Aren’t the Ones That Matter (by N. Kristof of the NY Times)
March 7, 2024 by
Click this link to see my comment. Opinion | The School Issues We’re Battling Over Aren’t the Ones That Matter - The New York Times (nytimes.com) … [Continue reading]
Very Funny Opinion Piece in Wash. Post
Opinion | A modest proposal to save higher education – The Washington Post
Here is my comment (that a professor didn’t like.)
Great Idea!
They’re already off to a running start. They got rid of “students” (a quaint word that is so pre-1980’s) a long time ago and replaced them with “customers”.
Oh, and “professors”? They are working on that, too, by replacing them with the people that major universities grant PhD’s to, knowing that they are so unqualified that they can only come back and work as poorly paid adjuncts. (By the way, some even take money in the form of government grants to “produce” those PhD’s.) That way, what we are fooled into thinking that what are really “researchers” making money for the university are “professors” – in the sense of teaching.
You are welcome to read how this works in detail at my blog inside-higher-ed. It is very damaging.