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Most of the general public, particularly those who know students in college or university, are aware of the sharp increases in the cost of higher education over the last several … Continue reading “The Textbook-Procurement Wars Rage On”
Most of the general public, particularly those who know students in college or university, are aware of the sharp increases in the cost of higher education over the last several … Continue reading “The Textbook-Procurement Wars Rage On”
A report on the financial returns on a UNC education, commissioned two years ago, was finally released in Nov. 2023. The study was done by the private consulting firm Deloitte, … Continue reading “Can the UNC System鈥檚 Return-On-Investment Findings Be Trusted?”
In June 2014, I wrote a piece entitled 鈥淩eform Intro Economics鈥 for Inside Higher Ed. There, I argued that then-current introductory economics courses were little changed from those of decades … Continue reading “Failing Introductory Economics”
As a college professor and former academic dean, I have long heard that Advanced Placement courses are generally not the equal of their college equivalents. Each of the 38 AP … Continue reading “AP Economics is a Model of Academic Rigor”
I recall vividly in the early 1980s spending fifteen minutes walking two hundred yards with my older faculty mentor from our offices to Davidson’s post office. Along the way, he greeted or was greeted by Davidson students, staff, other faculty, and townspeople. For each there was a hearty “good morning” or a “you are looking so well,” or to an advisee, “how is your calculus class going?”