Showing posts with label Education. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Education. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

VDH's Take On...The Humanities

Victor Davis Hanson's Essay from City Journal on the Future of the Humanities and the difficulty of obtaining a classical education from many public universities.

Sunday, October 5, 2008

From...Education Next:The Early Education of Our Next President


Here's a link to an article from the education journal, Education Next that breaks down the early schooling of McCain and Obama. There is also a pretty neat chart that shows every Prez since Lincoln and their pre-college education. Enjoy

The Early Education of Our Next President
by Peter Meyer

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

On...The Value of Education

I would be interested if anyone has any views on this debate, the attached article focuses mainly on the English College system, but can be applied to the US college system as well.

The following is the main focus article.

Making it pay

Sep 18th 2008
From The Economist print edition

Is a university degree still worth the time and money it takes?


The Article from the Economist is HERE. Also there are a number of really good comments made by others, which is shocking since most comments from readers are inane, emotional, or highly political. Perhaps the Economist has a higher grade of reader. Some of the better ones are these--What People Make III, PROF, and, Market Failure. I'm sure there's more.