Free Speech, Harassment and Hypocrisy: What the University Presidents Got Right and Wrong
The present moment seems to demand more from the university presidents than they are capable of delivering.
Tagged: higher education
But It’s Not Fair: Student Loans and the Growing Demand of Debt
Simply shifting the student loan burden to taxpayers doesn’t address the perverse incentives of a broken system of higher education.
Stalling The Runaway Costs of Free College
A top priority of any free college fan has to be cost containment. Here’s an idea.
Admission Scandal Snares Celebs Among Others
Getting your kid into college by buying a building is a very old joke when it comes to the wealthy and institutions of higher learning. Tax fraud, racketeering, obstruction of justice, and money laundering are not nearly as funny.
Is The Lambda School Model The Future of Higher Education?
The level of student debt accrued by students has skyrocketed in recent years. At the same time, the benefits of obtaining a bachelor’s degree and the ensuing debt that goes along with it has been diminishing. The current model of higher education, it would appear, is ripe for disruption.
Enter Lambda School
I Took Two Courses on Coursera. Here’s What Happened.
Coursera is a great way to learn, but unreliable as a credential for someone’s learning.
In Praise of Youtube Pop-Culture Academics
Youtube is where intellectuals should be making community outreach.
Would You Like Fries With That Midterm?
It’s not news that adjunct professors don’t get paid a lot. But it is at least remarkable when life imitates Breaking Bad.
The Adjuncting of Academia: Reflections on the Increasingly Temporary Nature of Work
In the future, we will all be adjuncts of one kind or another.
Give Money to Fancy Colleges, Including Harvard
Contrary to Matt Yglesias or Richard K. Vedder, Creon Critic argues why its really OK for people to give money to Harvard.
The Corporate City or the Scholarly Enclave?
Choosing a university isn’t about truth, beauty, or the quality of the dining hall. It’s about people.
What Online Education Shares with IKEA
I’m currently moving into a bigger apartment. The total square footage of the new location is approximately twice that of where I’m currently staying. As a result, I need (read: want) more furniture. And so my girlfriend...
Driving Blind: The Humanities Die and Superman Returns
Digby argues that MSNBC’s ratings aren’t down because of quality issues, but rather that a large part of its liberal base is currently alienated and indifferent. Some are defending the humanities against digital aggression,...
Driving Blind: Long Lost Books and University Crooks
A segment at NPR outlines the fight in Texas to transform the state university system. Governor Perry and private sector elites want to make higher education in the state more affordable and efficient,
There Has Got To Be A Better Way (Law School, Part 5)
Note: This post is part of our League Symposium on Higher Education in the 21st Century. You can read the introductory post for the Symposium here. To see a list of all posts in...
Living The Dream (Law School, Part 4)
Note: This post is part of our League Symposium on Higher Education in the 21st Century. You can read the introductory post for the Symposium here. To see a list of all posts in...
Malice Aforethought: Getting Through (Law School, Part 3)
Note: This post is part of our League Symposium on Higher Education in the 21st Century. You can read the introductory post for the Symposium here. To see a list of all posts in...
