The Atlantic article I wrote about last week, from Professor X, has generated a lot of discussion over the last week or so. (Brief aside: is there a more pseudonym-inspiring profession than non-tenured college professor? Seriously, these folks don’t seem able or willing to order pizza using their own names. I’m sure there are good [...]
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Cruel, But Not a Hoax
There’s a good higher education article in the The Atlantic this month titled “In The Basement of the Ivory Tower.” It’s written by an anonymous “Professor X,” an adjunct English instructor at both a small private college and a community college in the northeast. The gist is that many of his students are woefully unprepared [...]
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03/19/10 | Ben Miller is quoted on college graduation rates and the NCAA Tournament in the Detroit Free Press.
03/19/10 | Linda Perlstein links to Education Sector's "College- and Career-Ready" event.
03/17/10 | Ben Miller's column on graduation rates and NCAA Tournament eligibility is mentioned on The Wall Street Journal's The Daily Fix.
03/17/10 | Kevin Carey's critique of Diane Ravitch's latest book is quoted in Doublethink's Conventional Folly blog.
03/15/10 | Ben Miller pens an op-ed for US News & World Report on using graduation rates to determine NCAA Tournament eligibility.