tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6427940.post8546991757768422270..comments2023-12-05T07:50:19.855-05:00Comments on No Oil for Pacifists: Charts of the Day@nooil4pacifistshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16688417615117569825noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6427940.post-145071506890960222011-11-26T18:28:26.396-05:002011-11-26T18:28:26.396-05:00A great way to bring down the cost of college are ...A great way to bring down the cost of college are Knowledge Transcripts. <br /><br />You can read about the idea here:<br /><br />http://www.smartmoney.com/borrow/student-loans/the-case-against-the-college-degree/Warrennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6427940.post-58427732371374020722011-11-26T13:04:23.294-05:002011-11-26T13:04:23.294-05:00Will re-post on vertigo issues.
On ed : I'm c...Will re-post on vertigo issues.<br /><br />On ed : I'm convinced that in times of economic uncertainty such as we now are facing, it is the exact right time to turn ed. on its ear.<br />If you look around, as I do in my job, some really cool ed. stuff is coming out of left field. You'll be fascinated. More later.KitWistarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11824004653382583593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6427940.post-41553981871649222102011-11-26T12:03:06.383-05:002011-11-26T12:03:06.383-05:00Kit: Unfortumately, I didn't get you comment; ...Kit: Unfortumately, I didn't get you comment; nor is it hung-up in the spam checker. Could you repost?<br /><br />I agree on education. Cheap student loans ignited massive inflation in the cost of college while, at the same time, devaluing a degree. Something's gotta change.@nooil4pacifistshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16688417615117569825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6427940.post-75233909072322718222011-11-26T11:51:32.457-05:002011-11-26T11:51:32.457-05:00I responded yesterday to your vertigo trigger ques...I responded yesterday to your vertigo trigger questions,Carl, but my post has not appeared. Where did it go---I musta hit a wrong key or something. <br />Shall I re-post or did you get it?<br /><br />On today's post re: OWS/student loans/college majors. I do research on higher ed systems; its really complex, as you've shown here and, in the US, really broken.<br />Liberal arts education is a luxury this country can no longer afford.<br />Ironically, college is big business, but not one that helps young people to learn to flourish in society. One of my new areas of research is this, in a nutshell: the US ed system does not foster innovative thinking, does not allow its students to fail, hence, many (and at every level) are almost guaranteed to.KitWistarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11824004653382583593noreply@blogger.com