Today's New York Times features an article on a new study on residential segregation by Edward Glaeser of Harvard, and Jacob Vigdor of Duke University....
Monday, January 30, 2012
You Got Rejected from Your First Choice College. So What?
The following is a guest post from Robert Kelchen, doctoral candidate in Educational Policy Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The Washington...
Friday, January 27, 2012
Thoughts on the Obama Blueprint for Higher Education
Today President Obama unveiled his latest blueprint for the reform of higher education at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, a public institution with...
Friday, January 20, 2012
Guest Post: UCR Students Promote a Bad Tuition Plan as Police Beat Protesters
The following is a guest post by Bob Samuels, President of the University Council - AFT and a lecturer at UCLA. It is cross-posted from his blog, where...
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Baking Bread Without The Yeast
Among my son's favorite books are the ones in Richard Scarry's Busytown series. In What Do People Do All Day?, Able Baker Charlie puts too much yeast in the dough, resulting in a gigantic, explosive loaf...
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Skipping Evidence in Favor of Conclusions
Tonight's Chronicle of Higher Education features a story of great policy relevance. Under the headline "Study Disputes Claims That Preferentially Admitted...
Is Higher Tuition What the Public Wants? And Who Cares?
In a blog over at the Washington Post today, Daniel de Vise raises an interesting question: Does the public want lower (or higher) tuition? He engages...
Remaking Academia: Disclose Your Funders
In my first post on remaking academia, I recommended that authors disclose the funders of their research--as well as the costs of the work. The recommendation...
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Remaking Academia: Improve the Hiring Process
The latest entry in a continuing series here at The Education Optimists Have you ever sought a job as a professor? Depending on your field and where you’ve...
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
What Happens When You Remake Academia? Rick Hess Looks Your Way
Rick Hess is an amusing guy-- witty banter, fun to have drinks with-- and always pushing buttons. I dig that, even though we rarely agree on policy issues.What I like most about him is that he takes...
Monday, January 2, 2012
Remaking Academia: 12 Ideas for 2012
What follows is a summary of a Twitter thread I started a few days ago. Feedback suggested it might be useful to compile it here.Here are 12 rough, off-the-cuff...
2012: A Year for Big Ideas
2011 was a terrific year in some ways, and a horrible one in others. Watching many national leaders attack the rights of working families was devastating,...
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