Summary: One of the sad aspects of modern America is our gullibility. We’ll believe the most preposterous statements if they feed our shiny prejudices. Such as educators telling us that a college education is worth a million dollars. This is the 4th in the FM site’s series about education (at the end are links to …
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Summary:  Yesterday’s post examined the evidence that women are outperforming men in college, and some opinions about the reasons for this — and the implications. Many interesting theories were mentioned, most or all of which probably play a role. However I believe there are deeper factors at work. The moral basis for men’s role in our society …
A better answer to “why women outperform men in college?” Read More »
This will be one of the greatest social science experiments ever conducted. After WWII nations tested free markets vs. government-dominated systems. Europe, North America, and East Asia using variants of the former. The red block, Africa, and Latin America using variants of the latter. The results were clear, and the world changed. Now we’re testing …
Women dominate the ranks of college graduates. What’s the effect on America? Read More »
This is the second in a series of posts about America’s education system. Links to the other posts appear at the end. In College education in America, another broken business model (3 July 2009), we discussed the economics of undergraduate education. Left untouched was its purpose. Why bother? By now most of us realize it no longer has …
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Summary: Yesterday’s post discussed the broken business models of the mainstream print media. Other institutions suffer from similar problems, as American undergoes massive financial, social, and technological shocks. Such as colleges. Institutions providing undergraduate education — specifically, 4 year non-technical degrees — have priced themselves out of their market, except for those few elites institutions with massive endowments …
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