Sunday, September 21, 2014

The cost of college

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Susan Dynarski in the New York Times : "In 1988, state legislatures gave their public colleges an average of $8,600 a student. Stude...

The half (maybe a bit more) that Baptist does not tell

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The new book by Edward Baptist The Half Has Never Been Told has been getting a lot of attention on the internet. More precisely, a review...
Thursday, September 11, 2014

The Dismal Science

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In the Los Angeles Times Hector Tobar writes that "In "The Half Has Never Been Told," Baptist adds many new, stark and essen...
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Wednesday, September 3, 2014

You call it predictive analytics. We call it econometrics.

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HBR Blog Post on Predictive Analytics
Tuesday, June 24, 2014

The truth about student debt

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The Reality of Student Debt in the New York Times "the share of income that young adults are devoting to loan repayment has remaine...
Thursday, June 5, 2014

For what shall it profit a university if it shall gain AACSB accreditation and lose its own soul?

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Mark Perry argues that the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business is fueling the growth of fraudulent journals by demanding ...
Friday, February 28, 2014

Evergreen

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http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/02/28/evergreen-state-colleges-unusual-take-assessment This sounds like a good idea, but I thi...
Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Problems with Bitcoin

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The New York Times reports that "On Monday night, a number of leading Bitcoin companies jointly announced that Mt. Gox, the largest ex...