Congress recently mandated that colleges make a net price calculator available on their website. I think all students and parents should use it before applying. Also, if the college makes it hard to use or find, I would be somewhat concerned. … [Continue reading]
“The Fish Stinks From the Head”
June 25, 2013 by
The following is a comment about how administrators may have taken a statement by David Riesman. The comment was made on the following … [Continue reading]
A Suggestion for Holding Colleges Accountable for Teacher Performance
June 25, 2013 by
I posted the following suggestion as a comment to this WSJ article http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323836504578553933214167460.html?KEYWORDS=arne#articleTabs%3Darticle A significant part of the teacher competency problem … [Continue reading]
Opinion Piece in NY Times on Higher Ed
June 17, 2013 by
Here is the link to it. http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/16/schooling-ourselves-in-an-unequal-america/?comments#comments I commented as follows: The point about college completion rates between generations is greatly magnified by … [Continue reading]
Not a Bad Life For Students With Time on Their Hands
June 14, 2013 by
See the interesting "student housing" article in the NYTimes, http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/15/us/in-luxury-student-housing-gym-tan-and-study.html?pagewanted=1&ref=us#postcomment My Comment: Hey, the kids have got to do something with … [Continue reading]
Link to A Column by Paul Krugman on Education
June 14, 2013 by
I think it is informative - and a little scary. I worry that it makes the mistake of confusing "degreed" with "educated". I made a comment online to that effect. Here is the link to the … [Continue reading]
Important Paper on the Value of a Good Teacher (from a MacArthur Award Winner)
June 13, 2013 by
Raj Chetty (MacArthur Award Winner, HS Valedictorian, Harvard Summa Cum Laude [in only 3 years], Harvard PhD in Economics [in only 3 years], now a Harvard Professor) and his colleagues, John N. Friedman (Harvard) and Jonah E. Rockoff published "The … [Continue reading]
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