This is described on page 357 of “Higher Education in Transition” by John S. Brubacher and Willis Rudy. In 1910 congress authorized an office in the US Bureau of Education to work with the American Association of Universities to examine records of graduate students and then classify undergraduate schools by how well prepared their graduates […]
A discussion of the value of MOOC’s (Online Courses)
April 21, 2013 by
There is an article in today’s NYTimes http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/21/opinion/sunday/grading-the-mooc-university.html?ref=opinion#comments that discusses online courses. This gave me an opportunity to comment on my experiences with both an MIT online course and what it demonstrated about how this particular material had not been taught well (in my opinion) in the past. Here is the comment I posted. “It is […]
How to teach or “transfer training” or “get others to be able to do it and know it, too”
April 19, 2013 by
I just came across a passage that does a good job of conveying the essence of how to teach. It is in ‘Higher Education in Transition” 4th Ed. by John S. Brubacher and Willis Rudy. Since this passage essentially describes the basic philosophy that I use in teaching, and since I teach math, I will […]
Social Security Garnished for Some Scammed Graduate Students
April 18, 2013 by
At least, that is my take on the article in the Chronicle of Higher Education: http://chronicle.com/article/I-Fully-Expect-to-Die-With/138507/ It notes that student debt for those over 60 is over $38 Billion and for over 50 is $155 Billion! Here is the short story as I see it. Many students go to far too many undergraduate schools where far […]
I don’t agree with factual basis for NYTimes Op-Ed
April 13, 2013 by
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/opinion/index.html I commented on this piece because I’m afraid it missed the point. Here is what I wrote. (If you have read TeacherTeacher competency exams for holding UNIVERSITIES accountable and It Starts in the18th Grade you already know the essence of what I wrote in my comment.) As a math professor with over two decades teaching […]
Great post on The Atlantic Site about Law Schools
April 9, 2013 by
Here is the link: http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/04/the-jobs-crisis-at-our-best-law-schools-is-much-much-worse-than-you-think/274795/ Here are more disturbing numbers. The salaries of those who reported full time jobs are extremely bimodally distributed – with well over 60% making less than $65,000/yr and 14%making about $160,000/yr and not a lot in between. (From the website of The Association of Legal Career Professionals. See their Salary […]
Addendum to Previous Post: Social Security Garnished for Some Scammed Graduate Students
Here is the link to that post: on Social Security Garnished for Some Scammed Graduate Students The Chronicle of Higher Education article (referenced in the post on Social Security Garnished for Some Scammed Graduate Students) mentions several people, one of whom is Joan Roberts. I mention her in my post and she has a comment […]