In his Commentary "Give AP Credit Where Credit Is Due", Professor Bauerlein explains how he "...chaired a group of high-school and college English teachers charged ... with reviewing and revising the standards for..." an AP course. (See his entire … [Continue reading]
No Jobs for Ph.D’s? Depends on what you mean by Ph.D.
February 25, 2013 by
Jordan Weissman has again posted an excellent article - with good graphics - in the Atlantic. This one is titled "The Ph.D Bust: America's Awful Market for Young Scientists—in 7 Charts" … [Continue reading]
Comparing College Value – Caveat Emptor
February 6, 2013 by
There is an article in yesterday's (February 5) USA TODAY about the The Princeton Review's list of "...150 schools that offer the best bang for the … [Continue reading]
Online Courses MOOC
January 31, 2013 by
In my post http://www.inside-higher-ed.com/how-does-your-course-compare/, there is a link to MIT's OpenCouresWare. These are MIT courses that the university has put online for their students - or for anyone who wants to use the materials. … [Continue reading]
Even More On AP Courses – From the New York Times
January 18, 2013 by
Today (January 18th) Tamar Lewin reported in the NY Times that Dartmouth will stop giving AP Credit. What is more important is what Dartmouth found when they looked into how well students with a 5 on the AP had actually learned. You can read that … [Continue reading]
More on AP Courses
January 14, 2013 by
Here is a quote from CalTech's description of its Freshman math course: "...The typical high school courses, and the AP tests themselves, are woefully inadequate in explaning, or testing, why things work and how to justify one's … [Continue reading]
Are Trustees Too Focused On Investments to the Detriment of the Educational Mission?
January 10, 2013 by
Here is a link to an article about university endowments, followed by my comments and some interesting links. http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2013/01/07/dartmouth-controversy-reflects-quandary-for-endowments/ What worries me the most about the size … [Continue reading]
Links to Salary Surveys at Universities
January 4, 2013 by
(More will be added) (more added at bottom, 1/24/2013) Georgia Tech http://www.adors.gatech.edu/commencement/salary_report_result.cfm?college=TOTAL&level=1&surveyid=62&Submit=Submit Carnegie … [Continue reading]
Student Debt
Yesterday's Financial Times had an article today on student debt: http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/74773c6e-5a49-11e2-a02e-00144feab49a.html#axzz2IuFScTqr The article notes that, in the past decade, student debt has risen over 40% - to more than … [Continue reading]