In the news over the last few days, reports about a kid whose science fair project was to compute how much the government could save
FBOW, A List Colleges Probably Want to Be Ranked Highly On
PayScale.com’s Return on Investment listings. The methodology is questionable. The data insufficient and unsystematic. But at least some audiences probably paying attention. It’d be unethical,
Napolitano Calls Online Courses Just "a tool for the toolbox"
First smart remarks about online higher education that I’ve heard in a while. Perhaps staring down terrorists and such for a few years gives a
NPR Airs "Paying for College" Series
NPR aired a piece by Eric Westervelt on 25 March titled “Decoding College Financial Aid” (8:18) in their “Paying for College” series. Many high school
Single Sex Education, Science, and Belief
One’s scientific “spidey sense” should tingle when a report on research talks about “opponents of” and “proponents of,” but just the same, with grains and
Optimal Deployment of Higher Ed’s Most Valuable Resource
I met Steve Mintz when he was a fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford in 2006. He’s a
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