27.Jul.2010 Quote – Haruki Murakami
Still, some might read this book and say, “hey, I’m going to give running a try, and then discover they enjoy it. And of course that would be a beautiful thing. As the author of this book I’d be very pleased if that happened. But people have their own individual likes and dislikes. Some people [...]
13.Jul.2010 Quote – Pat Welsh “Is college overrated?”
70% of the freshman class is likely to end up not with a diploma but a pile of debt. USA Today, “Is college overrated?” by Patrick Welsh All I have to say is, “Boooooooo!!!!”
09.Jul.2010 Quote – Richard Vedder
In the zeal to get students, [colleges and universities] are going after them on the basis of recreational amenities. Richard Vedder, from the NYTimes article “Study: Colleges Spent More on Recreation Than Instruction” by Sam Dillon
02.Jul.2010 Quote – Michael Spector
When you start down the road where belief in magic replace evidence in science you end up in a place you don’t want to be. Michael Spector [http://www.michaelspecter.com/], TED Talk “The danger in science denial”
18.Jun.2010 Quote – I can has Cheezburger in Paradise
If the wacky cats are a fad, they are one that has had surprising staying power, as shown by a recent Cheezburger happy-hour event at Safeco Field before a Seattle Mariners game. More than 1,000 fans turned up to listen to cat-themed songs blasted over the loudspeakers, snack on miniature cheeseburgers, slurp from plastic cups [...]
15.Jun.2010 Quote – Art Levine
the digital revolution is not a passing fad From Digital Students, Industrial-Era Universities @ InsideHigherEd.com
14.Jun.2010 Quote – “In the Singularity University, Humans are so yesterday”
Dr. Barry, a former astronaut and “Survivor” contestant with an M.D. and a Ph. D., has put his ideas into action. He has a robot at home that can take a pizza from the delivery person, pay for it and carry it into the kitchen. “You have the robot say, ‘Take the 20 and leave [...]
10.Jun.2010 Quote – “Mandate…the right to attend college”
Under the rules of unemployment insurance, which has been extended to millions more people since the financial crisis hit, recipients must confirm that they are actively looking for work and generally are not allowed to enroll in college. Last year, the president urged states to loosen these restrictions. But lawmakers can, and should, go much [...]
26.May.2010 Quote – Muhammad Yunus
Mr. Yunus states. “When we were in the caves we were all self-employed … finding our food, feeding ourselves. That’s where the human history began … As civilization came we suppressed it. We became labor because [they] stamped us, ‘You are labor.’ We forgot that we are entrepreneurs.” From The Little Big Things, by Tom [...]
25.May.2010 Quote – Daniel Bennett, Forbes.com
Let’s make all student loans dischargeable in bankruptcy, but instead of the taxpayers taking the hit when student loans go sour, colleges should absorb the loss, or at least a portion of it. This would incentivize colleges to focus on providing educational value and help their students launch a career–knowing that if they fail in [...]
