Wave Of Apoplexy About To Be Unleashed
Dear reader, it is your duty to memorize these signs of stroke. Use the helpful FAST mnemonic. F = Face: ask the victim to smile; does one side of her…
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Professor Confesses Why She Inflates Grades
I had a student come into my office (where I was a visiting mathematics professor) shaking with emotion. This was a day or two before the final exam. I couldn't…
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Pascal & Barzun On Scientism
Blaise Pascal was a man smarter than I and smarter than thou. He was a scientist, mathematician, probabilist, and was deeply, deeply Catholic. Pascal as scientist warned against trusting science…
We Do Not Discriminate On The Basis Of…Contest! Winner Declared!
Yours Truly is always on the lookout for teaching jobs, since that is his passion and where his skills lie, and so is well familiar with the application process at…
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On-Line Courses Not Faring Well—As Expected
Two months back I made the non-joke that MOOC's---massive off-line open courses---were not new, not "revolutionary", and were therefore not going to "change the face of education as we know…
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On The College Bubble—Update
Must-reading from the Wall Street Journal. Richard Vedder: "The Real Reason College Costs So Much. The expert on the economics of higher education explains how subsidies fuel rising prices and…
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Another Revolution In College Learning
Did you hear? Our top universities gathered their number-one administrators and professors at a secret conclave and, acting as one, created a new device which will "revolutionize" college learning. You've…
Six Types Of Atheists?
A group of academics---and in a happy shock, they used their own money to show this---discovered that there were six types of atheists. Which type are you? Christopher Silver, of…