From Huffington: According to a new study, legacy status may matter a lot more in college admissions than previously estimated, offering an advantage of up to 45.1 percent. The Chronicle of Higher Education reports that in an article titled “The impact of legacy status on undergraduate admissi[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Public Schools’
January 6th, 2011 - 11:36 pm § in Uncategorized
Legacy Status Gives a 45% Affirmative Action Advantage!
January 5th, 2011 - 5:53 pm § in Schools & Colleges, UW
Goldy’s rant was right, Princeton is a bargain!
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 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 […][...]
December 31st, 2010 - 8:27 am § in Schools & Colleges
A Prof Responds to a Teacher
Last night I listened to a teacher complain to a panel of state representatives . “Eric” asked: “why the legislature continually adds more requirements and duties to teachers while simultaneously cutting our pay. Other state employees who have had their pay cut are receiving comp[...]
December 29th, 2010 - 11:26 am § in Politics, Schools & Colleges
Third World America, II
see also Part I: going to school on a Native American Reservation. Robert Reich’s summary of the woes of our declining education system seems almost a continuation of the story in Part 1 of a young American trying to get an education under the third world standards of life on an Indian reserva[...]
UW seen from conservative eyes.
The University of Washington By Michael J. Thompson, on Aug 14, 2010 The UW is seen by many on the right as a frivolity, a place where elitist profs teach meaningless courses. This post is part of a more serious consideration by CampusReform.org, Their guide to the nation’s top 100 colle[...]
For-Profit Education and the Failure of Capitalism
Great Read at HorsesAss.[...]
PRIVATIZE THE UW!
Dick Startz, over at Crosscut has posted an article proposing a strange sort of state capitalism as a solution to funding the schools. I have excerpted relevant parts of his text below (in blue) but suggest you read the entire text at Crosscut. With all due respect to a faculty colleague, this pro[...]