November 12, 2024 – William M. Briggs

Fixing College: Hit Them In The Money, Replace Their Prestige

If you're short of time, and know about the past---which as of last week is now historical---failures of higher education, skip When It Was It Bad and jump right to…

Johnno on Fixing College: Hit Them In The Money, Replace Their PrestigeNovember 12, 2024
Hear! Hear! Briggs! Let us begin by awarding ourselved medals for a job well done. The greater the screeching for…
JH on Fixing College: Hit Them In The Money, Replace Their PrestigeNovember 12, 2024
From my experience, watering down in mathematics has been occurring since I began teaching nearly three decades ago. This trend…
DAA on Fixing College: Hit Them In The Money, Replace Their PrestigeNovember 12, 2024
One of the most problematic aspects of this change is how to really evaluate people. Universities as they stand do…
Paul Fischer on Fixing College: Hit Them In The Money, Replace Their PrestigeNovember 12, 2024
Join? RAB? Who's in the group so far? I mean, it's a great idea, but shouldn't we focus on slaying…
Rudolph Harrier on Fixing College: Hit Them In The Money, Replace Their PrestigeNovember 12, 2024
Our university is discussing the possibility of restructuring the mathematics program. The supposed reason is "lack of financial viability." We…