Here is a link to the paper. (I will make my point after quoting from the paper.) JEP (28,3) p. 205 – The Research Productivity of New PhDs in Economics: The Surprisingly High Non-success of the Successful. Here is an important conclusion quoted from the paper. “…At the majority of the departments ranked in the top […]
Research Indicates Even Top Departments Calling A No-Go For a PhD, a Guess What? A PhD!
December 12, 2014 by Mark Feldman
Filed Under: University Education Dumbs Down High School Tagged With: Economics, PhD, universities
Are High School Students – And Their Parents – Misled About Their Math Knowledge? Probably.
November 29, 2014 by Mark Feldman
I just read an online discussion by high school students. They were wondering how today’s math courses compare to the ones in the 60’s. I attended high school in the sixties and took the most advanced course that my East Texas town of 35,000 had to offer; and, of course, I grew up with people from that era, so […]
Filed Under: AP, Non News Related Posts Tagged With: AP, calculus, Dartmouth
Teaching Effectiveness is NEGATIVELY Associated With Student Evaluations
November 28, 2014 by Mark Feldman
That is a partial quote from an important new paper by Philip B. Stark and Richard Freishtat. Here is a more complete version of the quote. These experiments found that teaching effectiveness, as measured by subsequent performance and career success, is negatively associated with [student evaluations]. (from page 12) This paper is important – especially for parents […]
Filed Under: University Education Dumbs Down High School Tagged With: teaching
Blatant plagiarism sinks paper (and earns a sabbatical!) for mathematician From “Retraction Watch”
November 1, 2014 by Mark Feldman
Blatant plagiarism sinks paper (and earns a sabbatical!) for mathematician | Retraction Watch. This is timely since I’m in the process of writing about “paper rustling“. I will make one comment about the story from Retraction Watch. The case described there is petty only in the sense that it doesn’t make or break big careers. […]
Filed Under: Non News Related Posts Tagged With: Math, Research
I Have Started “The Purloined Proof”
October 27, 2014 by Mark Feldman
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Academic Integrity in Research? Not Always.
October 13, 2014 by Mark Feldman
Someone asked me about research integrity. Here was my answer. (It was posted here: http://online.wsj.com/articles/a-bit-of-college-can-be-worse-than-none-at-all-1413158511?KEYWORDS=college#livefyre-comment ) ” I don’t want to comment on anything other than academic integrity, but that I can do. First, here is a quote. “…the ethical standards of the sciences ( certainly in mathematics) have been degraded to such an […]
Filed Under: Non News Related Posts Tagged With: grants
Piketty’s “Key to Overall Productivity Growth” and “the Reduction of Inequality”
October 7, 2014 by Mark Feldman
The following are quotes from Thomas Piketty’s seminal Capital in the Twenty-First Century. I have used italics to emphasize parts that I think are particularly important with respect to education. “…Knowledge and skill diffusion is the key to overall productivity growth as well as the reduction of inequality…” (p. 21) “…Do the dynamics of private […]
Filed Under: Non News Related Posts Tagged With: Economics, Piketty
Arum and Roksa’s Important New Book “Aspiring Adults Adrift”
September 3, 2014 by Mark Feldman
I just got my copy. As I read it, I will post comments under the category “Comments on ‘Aspiring Adults Adrift’”. If you haven’t read their critically important first book “Academically Adrift”, I highly recommend it. In previous posts, I have used some of the material from that book. For now, I will repeat a couple of […]
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Reminder and Notice
August 28, 2014 by Mark Feldman
When I first posted A Tale Out of School, along with the highly revealing emails from administrators and others, it got a lot of hits. I’m posting this “reminder and notice” for new visitors who may not be aware of the article and want to read it – or even read just the accompanying emails. I think […]
Filed Under: Non News Related Posts Tagged With: MIT, opencourseware, universities, Washington University
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