Added New Page “Guide to Most Essential Posts…”

Here is the link: A Guide to the Most Essential Posts For Understanding Higher Ed It is also in the menu above. … [Continue reading]

Wonderful Essay on Education and Society in WSJ

Here is the link: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324577304579055511904387286.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEFTTopOpinion#articleTabs%3Darticle It was hard to comment on this article since it was so good.  I agree with it wholeheartedly.  I … [Continue reading]

Elite University Extension (Night, Etc..) Schools – Do You Get The School’s Education?

First, in this day and time, who knows? It may be better.  It may be worse, but it is an important topic and there is a nice piece in The Atlantic by someone who attended Harvard's Extension School.  … [Continue reading]

Are Some US News Top Ranked Schools Not Really Preparing STEM Grads Well?

The National Science Foundation published a list of the top 50 schools for producing graduates that go on to a doctorate in Science or Engineering.  This should be a decent measure of how well they are educating their STEM undergrads.  (You can find … [Continue reading]

Science and Engineering College Comparisons – Many Liberal Arts Schools Doing Great Job.

I have updated my page Baccalaureate to Ph.D. in Science and Engineering (Feeder Schools) to add a list of the top 50 colleges that produce students that go on to a Ph.D. in Science and Engineering.  To me, that is a strong indication that they are … [Continue reading]

Manil Suri (Mathematician and Author) Publishes Op-Ed Describing Interesting Ideas From Mathematics

This post is just to bring reader's attention to Prof. Suri's nice piece in the NY Times.  Here is the link: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/16/opinion/how-to-fall-in-love-with-math.html?ref=opinion&_r=0 … [Continue reading]

Northwestern President Publishes Study About Northwestern And the National Bureau of Economic Research Publishes It?

Here is a link to the Chronicle of Higher Education's article, "Ad­juncts Are Bet­ter Teachers Than Tenured Professors, Study Finds" http://chronicle.com/article/Ad-juncts-Are-Bet-ter/141523/ Here is my view, which I posted on the Chronicle's site … [Continue reading]

Lake Wobegon, A Tough Nut to Crack. (A Personal Observation)

I talk to a lot of parents and students about education.  When I discuss either the things that I have seen, or, all the bad news that comes out about education, they agree that it is awful.  Then we start talking about their own experiences with the … [Continue reading]

Wall Street Journal Notes That Colleges are Worried About Not Enough Students. Are We Going to Get the 70’s Again With a Vengeance?

The WSJ reports bad news for education because any worry about decreased revenues, in my experience, leads to less education.  You can read my argument, either as a comment on the … [Continue reading]