Bell Curved

To College, or Not To College?

inadvisable — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 17:04:50 -0500

To College, or Not To College?: tetw: What higher education is really about… ***Update: Another...

ilovecharts: 50 Best Student Cities in the World 2012

inadvisable — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 17:23:00 -0500

ilovecharts:

50 Best Student Cities in the World 2012

catladysoul: Rutgers did a video on me and another blogger and...

inadvisable — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:32:05 -0500

catladysoul:

Rutgers did a video on me and another blogger and it is unintentionally the funniest video I’ve seen ever like on a snl skit level i’M dying right now lmaoadadad

Go Scarlet Knight Fashion Bloggers!

(Altho: down with generic mellow-guitar music bed)

Best line: “You cant really buy makeup in thrift stores, because that would be disgusting.”

nevver: History Simulators, Ray Fenwick

inadvisable — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:18:36 -0500

nevver:

History Simulators, Ray Fenwick

nevver: I got smarts

inadvisable — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:08:04 -0500

nevver:

I got smarts

thenewrepublic: Are U.S. News and World Report’s rankings...

inadvisable — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:16:53 -0500

thenewrepublic:

Are U.S. News and World Report’s rankings corrupting higher education?

“Research suggests that whatever flaws the rankings may have, schools would be foolish to ignore them. That’s because, according to two studies, a higher rank attracts more elite students. A 2004 study examined the impact of the U.S. News rankings, which (during the time of much of the study’s data set) ranked the top 25 schools and assigned the others to quartiles. The study found that when schools moved to higher quartiles in the ranks, they increased the number of incoming students from the top 10 percent of their high school class and lowered their acceptance rate.”

— Nathan Pippenger, “How U.S. News Rankings Are Corrupting Higher Education”

The U.S. News ranking may not be a universally-accepted measure of quality, but that doesn’t seem to matter to elite students trying to choose a college.

Apparently, for many of the college administrators trying to attract those students, it doesn’t matter either. So what gives?

Photo courtesy of thecollegesolution.com.

To College, or Not To College?

inadvisable — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:53:10 -0500

To College, or Not To College?: tetw: What higher education is really about… The University Has No...

"It’s no wonder President Obama wants every kid to go to college … The indoctrination..."

inadvisable — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:18:23 -0500

“It’s no wonder President Obama wants every kid to go to college … The...

We are, each of us, largely responsible for what gets put into...

inadvisable — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:28:26 -0500

We are, each of us, largely responsible for what gets put into our brains, for what, as adults, we wind up caring for and knowing about. No longer at the mercy of the reptile brain, we can change ourselves.

Wired.com: Algorithmic Education (Including the Mathematics of Cramming)

inadvisable — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:31:07 -0500

Wired.com: Algorithmic Education (Including the Mathematics of Cramming)

shortformblog: iBooks Author sounds like it could be the...

inadvisable — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 10:57:03 -0500

shortformblog:

iBooks Author sounds like it could be the next-generation InDesign, or a souped-up Pages. God, we hope it’s the former and not the latter. (via)

Gizmodo.com: Apple iPad Textbooks 101

inadvisable — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 10:47:34 -0500

Gizmodo.com: Apple iPad Textbooks 101

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inadvisable — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:09:20 -0500

92y: Paul Krugman: The Economic Crisis Will Permanently Scar New...

inadvisable — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 11:48:15 -0500

92y:

Paul Krugman: The Economic Crisis Will Permanently Scar New Graduates
“How long does it you as an individual to recover from the fact that you happen to graduate from college into a bad job market? And the answer is forever. It scars your entire work career. You will never recover from the fact. So the kids that are graduating into the 2011 job market are never going to have the lives they should have had. And this is going on. At the moment, it does not look like the 2012 job market is going to be very much better than the 2011 job market.”
—Paul Krugman with Jeff Greenfield at 92Y March 29, 2011.
Paul Krugman returns with Jeff Greenfield on April 29. Get your tickets now.

cheatsheet: Since men are not angels, it was inevitable that...

inadvisable — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:38:32 -0500

cheatsheet:

Since men are not angels, it was inevitable that state and local education authorities would dumb down the tests to make themselves look good to the feds and to the voters.

10 Years Later: How No Child Left Behind corrupted education in the U.S.

Photo: Jeff Hutchens / Getty Images

thedailyfeed: Yikes! College for today’s newborns could cost as...

inadvisable — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 09:58:10 -0500

thedailyfeed:

Yikes! College for today’s newborns could cost as much as $422,320.

The Daily analyzed historical, inflation-adjusted price data from the College Board to see what a bachelor’s degree might cost the class of 2034 in 2011 dollars. The result: Total tuition and fees would top $232,000 for an average-priced four-year private college and nearly $81,000 at an average-priced public university — up 111 percent and 167 percent, respectively, from the average class of 2012 tuition.

Room and board brings the average price of a four-year college education up to a projected $288,000 in 2011 dollars for four years beginning in 2030 at an average private school and $123,000 at an average public school. The class of 2012 paid about $149,195 for a private school and $64,591 at a public university, according to College Board data.

kaleidoscope: Antielitism Left and Right

inadvisable — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 13:11:51 -0500

HuffPo: Rick Santorum Accuses Obama Of 'Hubris' And 'Snobbery' For Wanting All U.S. Kids To Attend College

inadvisable — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 17:22:41 -0500

HuffPo: Rick Santorum Accuses Obama Of 'Hubris' And 'Snobbery' For Wanting All U.S. Kids To Attend College

thedailyfeed: Want a job when you graduate? Don’t major in...

inadvisable — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 10:34:04 -0500

thedailyfeed:

Want a job when you graduate? Don’t major in architecture.

Job-hungry college students: Consider majoring in agriculture, natural resources or education, and get a graduate degree. Whatever you do, forget architecture. The major has the distinction of the highest unemployment rate for recent grads, at 13.9 percent.

A new study from Georgetown University lists the majors with the highest and lowest unemployment rates for recent graduates — and some might surprise you.

ilovecharts: HAPPY NEW YE..oops.

inadvisable — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 10:40:34 -0500

ilovecharts:

HAPPY NEW YE..oops.