Very useful information on universities can be found on school’s published “common data set”. To find it, just Google the university’s name with the phrase “common data set”. I like to look at sections C. FIRST-TIME, FIRST-YEAR (FRESHMAN) ADMISSION and D. TRANSFER ADMISSION. On D, I look at the number of transfer students they admit. If […]
Comments on The Atlantic Site Containing References
April 23, 2013 by
The Atlantic Monthly wrote a piece which I believe misses important details, and, thus, issues, about student debt. I wrote a comment. I then replied to someone else. If you read my blog, you probably won’t find my comment so new, but if you look at my reply, you will see references to some very good […]
Addendum to Previous Post: Social Security Garnished for Some Scammed Graduate Students
April 21, 2013 by
Here is the link to that post: on Social Security Garnished for Some Scammed Graduate Students The Chronicle of Higher Education article (referenced in the post on Social Security Garnished for Some Scammed Graduate Students) mentions several people, one of whom is Joan Roberts. I mention her in my post and she has a comment […]
Social Security Garnished for Some Scammed Graduate Students
April 18, 2013 by
At least, that is my take on the article in the Chronicle of Higher Education: http://chronicle.com/article/I-Fully-Expect-to-Die-With/138507/ It notes that student debt for those over 60 is over $38 Billion and for over 50 is $155 Billion! Here is the short story as I see it. Many students go to far too many undergraduate schools where far […]
I don’t agree with factual basis for NYTimes Op-Ed
April 13, 2013 by
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/opinion/index.html I commented on this piece because I’m afraid it missed the point. Here is what I wrote. (If you have read TeacherTeacher competency exams for holding UNIVERSITIES accountable and It Starts in the18th Grade you already know the essence of what I wrote in my comment.) As a math professor with over two decades teaching […]
Comments added to Atlantic Article
Some additional discussion has been added to the Atlantic Article referred to on this post: Great post on The Atlantic Site about Law Schools