I recommend this Kiplinger survey! Goldy’s editorial on tution at private bvs. public schools was called a “rant” by the editor at the AAUP listserv. She was wrong. According to Kiplinger, Princeton is the best bargain among hugh prestige American universities: in order of average [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Funding’
January 5th, 2011 - 5:53 pm § in Schools & Colleges, UW
Goldy’s rant was right, Princeton is a bargain!
January 4th, 2011 - 12:16 pm § in Schools & Colleges
Is U Penn Cheaper than UW?
David Goldstein’s latest post at HorseAss is a very disturbing comparison of true costs (after grants, loans, and so on) of attendance at his alma mater U. Penn. vs a typical public university. The point he makes is that the real cost of a student attending a private ivy, U. Penn, may not be a[...]
January 4th, 2011 - 12:55 am § in Politics, Schools & Colleges
Getting folks to vote against their interests.
Bill Lyne of the United Faculty of Washington writes about Governor Gregoire’s proposed budget. he says: ….. Tens of millions of dollars poured into Washington this fall to convince us that it’s better to have tens of thousands of children without health care than it is to pay two [...]
Deeep Cuts! .. Havana Style
(Reuters) – Cuba’s government, trying to save money and wean its citizens from subsidies, said on Wednesday it will remove soap, toothpaste and detergent from the monthly ration of food and consumer products it has handed out since the early days of the Cuban revolution. Priorities diffe[...]
January 3rd, 2011 - 7:30 pm § in Uncategorized
Higher Education Task Force: Whatever You Do, Don’t Raise Taxes on Us
Higher Education Task Force: Whatever You Do, Don’t Raise Taxes on Us by Goldy, 01/03/2011, 1:41 PM Anybody expecting bold gestures or a call for shared sacrifice from our state’s civic “leaders” should think again, at least when it comes to funding higher education: A task force charged wit[...]
America Competes Act Passes!
House Clears America COMPETES Reauthorization By Juliana Gruenwald December 21, 2010 | 6:44 PM The House cleared legislation Tuesday that would reauthorize the America COMPETES Act, which authorizes basic research, programs aimed at boosting science, technology, engineering and math education and ot[...]
January 3rd, 2011 - 11:34 am § in Schools & Colleges
Study in Florida: Community College Degrees Pay Better!
BY MICHAEL VASQUEZ [email protected] When it comes to higher education, more may not always be better — at least when it comes to starting salaries for graduates. State employment data that track the earnings of recent graduates show those who earned a career-focused associate’s [...]
January 2nd, 2011 - 5:39 pm § in Politics, Schools & Colleges
Judge:Florida Legislature Has Tuition-Setting Power
Tuition To Be Set By the Legislature December 31, 2010, 7:47 am A state judge ruled on Thursday that Florida’s Legislature has the authority to set tuition for its 11 public universities, dealing another setback to a former governor and U.S. senator, Bob Graham, who had led a lawsuit seeking to gi[...]
January 2nd, 2011 - 12:47 am § in Misc.
Public Workers Facing Outrage as Budget Crises Grow
I think this is something we really need to worry about. . From an article in today’s New York Times: Michael Tini, 54, … a card dealer in Atlantic City, taps his head, (and says) “Look, I understand that teachers are the brains of the operation, O.K.? But my hours are cut, and my [...]
January 1st, 2011 - 6:17 pm § in Schools & Colleges
Bill Gates on Research In Education
We spend more money by every measure than any other system. Any way you look at it we spend by far the most money. So that is a dilemma. What are we going to do to get more out of the investments we make? Are there practices in terms of helping teachers be better that […][...]