Community Colleges Work to Keep Students – Maybe Danger Ahead?

There is an informative article in the WSJ, Community Colleges Try to Revamp Image to Keep Students In Bid to Boost Graduation Rates, Schools Add Housing and Other … [Continue reading]

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]