The excessive salaries of some college presidents send a message at odds with higher education. Source: Platinum Pay in Ivory Towers - NYTimes.com I commented as follows. "..ostensible mission of academia.." Great word, "ostensible". Here is … [Continue reading]
“Platinum Pay in Ivory Towers” Op-Ed Shows Frank Bruni is on to Something – That’s Good
May 20, 2015 by
Doonesbury, See this May 17th, 2015 Strip
May 19, 2015 by
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“The In-State Tuition Break, Slowly Disappearing” is a Symptom
May 19, 2015 by
Source: The In-State Tuition Break, Slowly Disappearing I wrote this Here is Clark Kerr's warning. "...I am concerned..that...the greatest threats to the university will be those which arise from within the university..." Right now the … [Continue reading]
Jon Krakauer ‘Universities Seem So Quick to Protect Their Brand’
May 10, 2015 by
Jon Krakauer says he was discouraged by what he learned about how colleges handle assault investigations. Source: An Author's Take on Campus Sexual Assault: 'Universities Seem So Quick to Protect Their Brand' - Students - The Chronicle of Higher … [Continue reading]
Low Productivity, What Impact Does Education Have?
May 10, 2015 by
US innovators claim they have never been busier, but their ideas are persistently failing to transform the country’s economic data. Labour productivity fell an annual 1.9 per cent in the first three months of the year, while unit labour costs … [Continue reading]
Is Bauerlein’s “What’s the Point of a Professor?” a Demonstration?
May 10, 2015 by
We used to be mentors and moral authorities. Now we just hand out A’s. Source: What’s the Point of a Professor? - NYTimes.com I don't know if it is a demonstration, but it may be. He has been in this blog before. The link is within the comment … [Continue reading]
Maybe One Reason Why So Many Graduates Don’t Get Good Jobs.
May 6, 2015 by
Campus clubs spring up for early birds to rouse classmates; 9 a.m. is ‘really late’ Source: In China, Sleepy University Students Experience a Wake-Up Call - WSJ I commented. "They should come here for college. According to the … [Continue reading]
Stanford, Cargill? Partnership?
millions of dollars the company is giving to the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change and at Stanford University’s Center on Food Security and the Environment. In 2012, a Stanford study claiming to disprove the health … [Continue reading]