What follows is a GUEST POST by University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate student Robert Kelchen. I have had the privilege of working with Robert since 2008; we have co-authored two articles, including...
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Sunday, July 24, 2011
Caring for the Me Generation
During the past semester, a time where I constantly felt split between my academic life and my civic life, I became acutely aware of an attitude among undergraduates that perplexed me. I tried writing...
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Anger Management
I am appalled by this malicious attack on teachers and teachers' unions by Jay Greene. He claims that teachers are engaging in mob-like behavior, are seething anger and are intimidating politicians. The...
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
The New Normal
Too many Americans appear willing to accept the hand they're dealt. Most shockingly, many of our political, educational and civic leaders seem to have fallen into the same trap. "The New Normal," they...
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Affordability and Attainment in Wisconsin Public Higher Education
As I noted in a prior post, last week the Wisconsin Scholars Longitudinal Study (which I co-direct) hosted a statewide conference on the issues of affordability...
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Playing Politics with Financial Aid
She just won't quit. With only a few days left in her tenure as chancellor of UW Madison, Biddy Martin issued a press release this afternoon "asking" that the UW System Board of Regents allow Madison...
What I Do With My Time
The Chronicle of Higher Education is running a story about faculty productivity, questioning the idea that professors aren't earning their salaries by...
Monday, July 11, 2011
Executive Compensation at UW Madison
Last week UW Madison employees got the details on their pending benefits cuts, which will take a substantial hack at their earnings during the coming...
Thursday, July 7, 2011
NEW EXPERIMENTAL STUDY SUGGESTS FINANCIAL AID ENHANCES COLLEGE SUCCESS AMONG THE MOST UNLIKELY GRADUATES
The following is a press release issued by UW-Madison this morningResults from an ongoing random assignment study of a private grant program in Wisconsin...
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
This You Gotta See
Outgoing UW Madison Chancellor Biddy Martin appeared on Here and Now last night. This is a must-watch. (Boy, she doesn't look happy, eh?) Watch the full...
Monday, July 4, 2011
What the Future Holds
Sociologists of education love longitudinal studies since they allow us to get a sense of how people's lives unfold over time as they engage with schools...
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