Friday tidbits
The Daily Howler notes that the New York Times printed the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education report claiming that there had been 400+% increase in tuition over 25 years… and then claimed that the figure had been adjusted for inflation. Right. Chalk up another great journalistic victory for the Times, which apparently […]
Cognition isn’t all that it’s cracked up to be
If I had my usual set of facilities about me, I would defer grumbling about Kevin Carey’s article in the Washington Monthly because I had work to do. But though Carey elides fairly important topics such as real trends in faculty pay, adjunctification, and trends in state support for public higher education, the real reason […]
Relying on ideas to cheer you up: student predictions of federal education debates
I think I’m going to sue my body, because I should have had a productive day yesterday and be able to count on another one today–one meeting this morning, and then nothing else. Instead… let’s just say our local landfill will be burying a bit more carbon in the form of wood pulp than it […]
Nelnet undercuts teacher loan-forgiveness program
I know a teacher in Florida who has taught at a school eligible for the federal loan-forgiveness program for more than five years, who teaches special education, and where Nelnet has twice refused to process her paperwork, after the relevant signatures have been made in the district. I have no idea if this is widespread, […]
Top 10 Reasons To Be Glad You’re Not on a Transition Task Force
By Sherman Dorn on December 1, 2008
Speaking for the approximately 300 million of us who are not on one of the Obama-Biden transition task forces, I can say that we’re all horribly disappointed. So to cheer us all up, here’s a list of reasons why we’re secretly glad we’re not among the top movers and shakers in the next two months: […]
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