I have looked at the data and think this is important. I hope the study that this talks about is widely reported. I will post later on what I think the data shows. Americans Think We Have the World’s Best Colleges. We Don’t. - … [Continue reading]
Americans Think We Have the World’s Best Colleges. We Don’t. – NYTimes.com
June 28, 2014 by
There is more data ("Academically Adrift" reported on this a few years ago.) that show that the "average" college grad in American Americans Think We Have the World’s Best Colleges. We Don’t. - NYTimes.com. To illustrt]ate the data, I … [Continue reading]
New York Times Editorial, Good Idea to Measure Performance, But…
June 25, 2014 by
This is in today's paper. Tying Federal Aid to College Ratings - NYTimes.com. The three metrics they support are: number of poor and working-class students (>17%) graduation rates (>15%) Measuring loan default rates … [Continue reading]
“When the facts change, I change.” John Maynard Keynes
June 24, 2014 by
A lot of what David Leonhardt says in this article is important information, but I believe he, and others, need to understand, that data based on students from 30, or even 2o, years ago, is not suffecient to draw conclusions about today's students. … [Continue reading]
From NYT Mag: “…is this a recessionary blip or the dawn of a whole new economic age?” My Answer: “No, It’s the Education Stupid.”
June 22, 2014 by
It’s Official: The Boomerang Kids Won’t Leave - NYTimes.com. This is a sad article. Yes, it describes the effects of a terrible recession. But moreso, it describes the lingering effects of not honestly giving students a good education. It … [Continue reading]
Is A Simpler Mortgage Application Good Or Bad, If The House Isn’t Inspected? More Ironic Than I Thought.
June 20, 2014 by
In my prevous post , I did't comment on the fact that one of the authors is on the faculty of Columbia Teachers College. I did now. Here is the comment. One of the authors of this piece is from Columbia Teachers College. I didn't notice that … [Continue reading]
Is A Simpler Mortgage Application Good Or Bad, If The House Isn’t Inspected?
June 20, 2014 by
A Simple Way to Help Financial Aid Do Its Job - NYTimes.com. is by Susan Dynarski (whose previous article I have commented on) and Judith Scott-Clayton of Columtia Teachers College - a school I have had some problems with before. I think it is … [Continue reading]
More On “More on Starbucks – And Arizona State – And Alarms”
June 17, 2014 by
An online conversation has been going on on my comment referenced in my previous post . I will copy and past it here. Eric from NJ replied to my first comment. (see the post ) Engineers have to have a lot of courses in math - calculus up to … [Continue reading]
Confessions of a Grade-Inflating Professor – Oliver Lee Bateman – The Atlantic — Is the Atlantic Doing Us A Favor
This is very interesting - very. Maybe amazing. Confessions of a Grade-Inflating Professor - Oliver Lee Bateman - The Atlantic. Here is what I think about this person who writes that " ...students pay approximately $50 per class to watch my … [Continue reading]