Liberals Begin to See the College “Bubble”
Aug 12, 2010 by George Leef |
Writing for Huffington Post, Anya Kamenetz compares the huge level of student loan debt to the housing bubble. I'm glad to see understanding that we have oversold college spreading, but Kamenetz misses the role of the government… Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >
Questionable Psychological Research at UNC
Aug 11, 2010 by George Leef |
In today's Pope Center Clarion Call, psychologist Deborah Tyler writes about some recent research done at UNC, where students were told to imagine and then write about incest with a family member and also that the family member… Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >
Fayetteville State Goes for Greater Transparency
Aug 09, 2010 by George Leef |
In today's Pope Center piece, Jane Shaw writes about a favorable development at one of the UNC-system schools, Fayetteville State, which has adopted a policy of requiring professors to post their syllabi online. That's… Continue Reading | 1 Comment >
My Critique of “Help Wanted” Part II
Aug 06, 2010 by George Leef |
Today's Pope Center piece is the second part of my critique of the recent paper from the Georgetown Center for Education and the Workforce. It focuses on the prevalent notion that much of the labor force in the future will… Continue Reading | 2 Comments >
Another Higher Ed Establishment Paper Fails to Make Its Case
Aug 04, 2010 by George Leef |
The paper in question is the latest from the Georgetown Center for Education and the Workforce and the case, naturally, is that America needs to get lots more people through college or else the economy will suffer from a shortage… Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >
Freshman Comp Ain’t What She Used to Be
Aug 02, 2010 by George Leef |
We hear a lot of chatter about how it's so vital that we get more young Americans through college because college teaches them the "higher skills" that the globalized "knowledge economy" demands. I think that's baloney.… Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >
Who Should Be a Doctor?
Aug 02, 2010 by George Leef |
Medical school admissions people apparently think that medical training has been going too much toward students with demonstrated aptitude in science and the nation would be better served if more medical students were chosen on… Continue Reading | 11 Comments >
People Need Skills; College Degrees Aren’t the Same Thing
Aug 02, 2010 by George Leef |
Blogging at Harvard Business Review, Michael Schrage makes a strong case that higher education has been oversold. What people need to succeed are skills and college is neither necessary nor sufficient for that. He calls higher… Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >
Why Make Life Miserable for Proprietary Higher Ed?
Jul 30, 2010 by George Leef |
In today's Pope Center piece, Richard Bishirjian, president and founder of Yorktown University, writes about the Obama administration's moves that have a strong negative impact on for-profit higher education. The president… Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >
Less Effort, Higher Grades!
Jul 28, 2010 by George Leef |
In this week's Pope Center Clarion Call, Emory University history professor Patrick Allitt discusses the research finding that college students are putting in less and less time on their coursework, yet expect (and mostly get)… Continue Reading | 2 Comments >
Another Comment on the Flap Over Grants to Teach Rand
Jul 27, 2010 by George Leef |
Philosophy professor James Otteson weighs in with some thoughtful comments here.
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Keep John Galt Off Campus
Jul 23, 2010 by George Leef |
In today's Pope Center piece, my colleague Jay Schalin writes about the flap over the fact that some colleges have accepted funds from BB&T Foundation with the proviso that the money be used to support courses in which… Continue Reading | 2 Comments >
Striving for Socio-Economic Diversity
Jul 22, 2010 by George Leef |
In this Chronicle post, Richard Kahlenberg responds to some criticism (which he labels as "right" and "left") of his signature issue, namely promoting socio-economic diversity as another criterion in college admissions. I don't… Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >
The Adams Case and the First Amendment
Jul 21, 2010 by George Leef |
In this week's Pope Center Clarion Call, Professor Donald Downs (author of Restoring Free Speech and Liberty on Campus) discusses the lawsuit UNC-Wilmington professor Mike Adams has brought against the school, in which he argues… Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >
Ben Wildavsky’s Book on the Globalization of Higher Ed
Jul 14, 2010 by George Leef |
That's the subject of my Clarion Call today. I like some aspects of the book. Best of all is Wildavsky's argument that we should abandon educational mercantilism -- the notion that nations have to compete to be tops… Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >
