Here is the link: A Guide to the Most Essential Posts For Understanding Higher Ed It is also in the menu above.
Wonderful Essay on Education and Society in WSJ
September 17, 2013 by
Here is the link: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324577304579055511904387286.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEFTTopOpinion#articleTabs%3Darticle It was hard to comment on this article since it was so good. I agree with it wholeheartedly. I did add information that readers of this blog already know. Here is what I wrote. “Thank you for this wonderful essay. From my perspective as a former professor, I think it […]
Elite University Extension (Night, Etc..) Schools – Do You Get The School’s Education?
September 16, 2013 by
First, in this day and time, who knows? It may be better. It may be worse, but it is an important topic and there is a nice piece in The Atlantic by someone who attended Harvard’s Extension School. http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2013/09/did-i-really-go-to-harvard-if-i-got-my-degree-taking-online-classes/279644/ I wanted to add my experience to the discussion. I hope it will help inform people. […]
Science and Engineering College Comparisons – Many Liberal Arts Schools Doing Great Job.
September 16, 2013 by
I have updated my page Baccalaureate to Ph.D. in Science and Engineering (Feeder Schools) to add a list of the top 50 colleges that produce students that go on to a Ph.D. in Science and Engineering. To me, that is a strong indication that they are doing a good job of teaching Science and Engineering, whether […]
Manil Suri (Mathematician and Author) Publishes Op-Ed Describing Interesting Ideas From Mathematics
September 16, 2013 by
Wall Street Journal Notes That Colleges are Worried About Not Enough Students. Are We Going to Get the 70’s Again With a Vengeance?
September 5, 2013 by
The WSJ reports bad news for education because any worry about decreased revenues, in my experience, leads to less education. You can read my argument, either as a comment on the article,(http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323893004579055332692755074.html?mod=WSJ_article_comments#articleTabs%3Darticle) or here: Oh, no, here we go again. In the 50’s and 60’s higher education became accustomed to a great influx of revenues. […]
Northwestern President Publishes Study About Northwestern And the National Bureau of Economic Research Publishes It?
Here is a link to the Chronicle of Higher Education’s article, “Adjuncts Are Better Teachers Than Tenured Professors, Study Finds” http://chronicle.com/article/Ad-juncts-Are-Bet-ter/141523/ Here is my view, which I posted on the Chronicle’s site as a comment. “The PRESIDENT of Northwestern has done a study about Northwester’s students, Northwestern’s Professors, and, Northwestern’s Adjuncts- a study coauthored with […]