Important article. Here is the link. That Fancy University Course? It Might Actually Come From an Education Company. – WSJ
That Fancy University Course? It Might Actually Come From an Education Company.(From the WSJ)
July 6, 2022 by
Higher Ed Dumbs Down Much of Society – Really. Here’s How
February 2, 2021 by
As a professor I have seen how the corrupted values in higher education have sent destructive waves throughout all of American education; and thus against the bulwark of our economy, our politics, and our society. Here is the process in a nutshell. ● It starts with poor undergraduate education for all but a very small […]
James Madison on Education and Democracy
February 1, 2021 by
Sadly, in today’s world of higher education, the institutions that Madison trusted to “diffuse knowledge” have used that trust to take knowledge, money and fame for themselves. Of course, when I say institutions, I don’t mean every institution, or every member of any particular institution. But everyone does bear some responsibility for stopping this. It […]
Democracy and Education from Robert A. Dahl (“…leading theorist of political pluralism…” Ency. Brit.)
January 9, 2021 by
“…democracy cannot be justified merely as a system for translating the raw, uninformed will of a popular majority into public policy. It is foolish and historically false to suppose that enlightenment has nothing to do with democracy. It is foolish because democracy has usually been conceived as a system in which “rule by the people” […]
Covid-19 Vaccination Distribution
November 17, 2020 by
Excellent Explanation of the Near Future of the Pandemic
November 17, 2020 by
The beginning of this podcast (up to about 9 minutes in) is by far the clearest explanation of what we can expect in the near future for Covid-19 – and why we can expect it. https://dianerehm.org/audio/?fbclid=IwAR1o76oct6eXsRsQmnDsSfhiAdMq7U9iWDq2_lfDzFDW8ej-QCH1HQEIiog#/shows/2020-11-13/coronavirus-cases-skyrocket-across-the-country/116006/@00:00
Cutting Off Nose Isn’t Partisan – It’s Stupid
July 8, 2020 by
To cut off your nose to spite your face isn’t partisan – unless you are so poorly educated that you don’t believe you are cutting off your nose. That’s where we are. There are large swaths of American society who don’t have the tools – usually provided by education – to decide for themselves. They […]
Trust in Universities – About the Same as the Police
June 1, 2020 by
Piketty on “Diffusion of Knowledge”
Today’s Financial Times has a review of Thomas Piketty’s new book. I commented by pointing out that Piketty views knowledge and educational systems to be of tantamount importance, but I worry he doesn’t see the problem. Here is my comment. I hope the new book addresses what, in his previous book, Prof. Piketty points out […]