Inside Higher Education – "When someone shows you who they are, believe them – the first time.&
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A guide for parents and students, or anyone interested in education - and some good math (I'm a math prof.)
Inside Higher Education – "When someone shows you who they are, believe them – the first time.&
1d ago
Other than higher education, I try to stay clear of expressing any political views on this blog. In this comment on the campus protests, I’m going to try to not take any political side while I am going to point out how the deplorable state of “higher” education is an important factor in producing the ..read more
Inside Higher Education – "When someone shows you who they are, believe them – the first time.&
1d ago
This is according to a study by Forges Magazine. I find it interesting. Exclusive: Employers Are Souring On Ivy League Grads, While These 20 “New Ivies” Ascend (forbes.com ..read more
Inside Higher Education – "When someone shows you who they are, believe them – the first time.&
1d ago
Here is a link to his excellent piece. Opinion | How to Reboot Free Speech on Campus – The New York Times (nytimes.com) Here is part of the comment that I posted. No one could address the current problem better than did David Riesman, one of America’s most revered sociologists, when he wrote, in 1980 ..read more
Inside Higher Education – "When someone shows you who they are, believe them – the first time.&
1d ago
Opinion | What Students Read Before They Protest – The New York Times (nytimes.com) I commented as follows. Beware. First, a large proportion of Columbia’s undergraduates are engineering majors. They don’t have to take all the courses. Second, some of the core courses aren’t what you might expect. (For example, there is “Game of Thrones ..read more
Inside Higher Education – "When someone shows you who they are, believe them – the first time.&
1d ago
Here is a link to it. Opinion | Campus pro-Palestinian protests sap universities’ prestige. Good. – The Washington Post Here is what I posted. This nation’s most admired observer of higher education (and a revered sociologist) saw what was happening as early as 1980. the “wants” of students to which competing institutions, departments, and individual ..read more
Inside Higher Education – "When someone shows you who they are, believe them – the first time.&
3w ago
America’s Chip Renaissance Needs Workers – WSJ See my comment on the article. Here is what I wrote. Many universities, like the “elite” one where I taught engineers, want happy “customers”, not educated ‘students”. That America doesn’t have the excellent engineers it needs is not a surprise to me. When I taught differential equations, the ..read more
Inside Higher Education – "When someone shows you who they are, believe them – the first time.&
1M ago
I just happened to go to their site. It starts with “SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD TIME”. Hmmm. Just type in smu.edu ..read more
Inside Higher Education – "When someone shows you who they are, believe them – the first time.&
1M ago
Here is a link to the excellent article. The Feds Want More Oversight of Scientific Research. Universities Are Fighting Back. – WSJ I wrote a post The Purloined Proof (inside-higher-ed.com about how some well-known professors stole someone’s work. I reference it my comment on the Journal’s articles. Here is my comment. I’m a former professor ..read more
Inside Higher Education – "When someone shows you who they are, believe them – the first time.&
1M ago
Here is a link to my comment and her opinion piece. Opinion | Colleges Are Putting Their Futures at Risk – The New York Times (nytimes.com ..read more
Inside Higher Education – "When someone shows you who they are, believe them – the first time.&
1M ago
“The preservation of the means of knowledge among the lowest ranks, is of more importance to the public than all the property of all the rich men in the country. It is even of more consequence to the rich themselves, and to their prosperity.” – A Dissertation on the Canon and Feudal Law, 1765 ..read more