I posted some thoughts about change in higher education on Carnegie Mellon's website. I wrote it as a comment on their news page http://www.cmu.edu/homepage/society/2014/winter/world-economic-forum.shtml. The page contains information about their … [Continue reading]
Andrew Simmons in The Atlantic on “The Danger of Telling Poor Kids That College Is the Key to Social Mobility”
January 20, 2014 by
Here is the link: http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2014/01/the-danger-of-telling-poor-kids-that-college-is-the-key-to-social-mobility/283120/ This is my comment, which explains my view on the essay. (For some reason The Atlantic … [Continue reading]
Jordan Weissman at The Atlantic Reports on a New Federal Reserve Report on Underemployment
January 16, 2014 by
You can read his article here http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/01/the-growth-of-college-grads-in-dead-end-jobs-in-2-graphs/283137/#comments You will find a link to the Fed's paper. Unfortunately, when the Fed looks at the data … [Continue reading]
An Informative Comment on My Post, “Duke University Professor Calls It Like It Is”
January 15, 2014 by
Someone responded to my recent comment on a Chronicle of Higher Education article. (See Duke University Professor Calls It Like It Is) I find the person's observation, though anecdotal like mine, as more evidence that what I have seen is not … [Continue reading]
Video of Dog Walking Grand Rapids Style!
January 15, 2014 by
I have been vacationing and friends thought I should post this old video I took a while back in Grand Rapids, MI. It's fun, short and an interesting idea. So, here it is. Dog Walking - Grand Rapids Syle! … [Continue reading]
Duke University Professor Calls It Like It Is
January 15, 2014 by
Michael Allen Gillespie, a professor of political science and of philosophy at Duke University, has written a revealing piece in The Chronicle of Higher Education. I recommend it for its honesty about grading (or not really grading) and about … [Continue reading]
On David Kirp’s New York Times Op-Ed, Do Advisors Help?
January 9, 2014 by
David Kirp has spent worked on higher education issues for a long time and can be outspoken. I was a little surprised at this op-ed http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/09/opinion/how-to-help-college-students-graduate.html?ref=opinion&_r=0. Here is … [Continue reading]
Political Science: University of Michigan, too?
January 6, 2014 by
Here is what I found. They use the same text as Washington University, except that I don't think they have outside readings. On the other hand, if, as is apparently true in Wash. U.'s case, the readings don't matter, what does it matter what text … [Continue reading]
Liberal Arts and Money – A Comment
Jordan Weissmann of The Atlantic posted an article titled "Money Is a Terrible Way to Measure the Value of a College … [Continue reading]