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Category Archives: Education
How to Major in the Humanities
Yesterday, I discussed my lack of sympathy for students who majored in the humanities without any particular direction – and who then end up waiting tables as described in a recent New York Times article. In that post, I also commented … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Higher Education, Liberal Arts
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How much sympathy for unemployed graduates?
The New York Times has a piece on our generation’s acceptance of low employment prospects – a cultural shift they call “Generation Limbo” Meet the members of what might be called Generation Limbo: highly educated 20-somethings, whose careers are stuck in neutral, … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Education, Higher Education, Labor Economics, Liberal Arts, United States
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Some Thoughts for the Week of July 11
The New York Times reports on the quick decline of vocational education in the United States, due to a greater push by the Obama Administration and others to get students to college. While funding remains over a $1 billion, the … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Elections, Europe, Higher Education, Politics, United States
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Will America continue to have a public education system?
Two news stories prompt the question. The first comes from the New York Times analysis of the recent budget cuts in California, which have hit the state’s premier higher education system very hard. Quote: The state’s two-tier system has long … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Higher Education, Politics, United States
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It’s about Quality – not Quantity (and damn that’s hard)
One of the more interesting academic labor economists who I follow rather religiously is Anthony P. Carnevale at Georgetown, who focuses on the labor market and how it relates to higher education. I have cited one of his previous studies … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Higher Education, Politics, Science, United States
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Thesis Done
After 18 months, I finished my thesis, entitled: “Academic Revolution and Regional Innovation: The Case of Computer Science at Stanford 1957-1970.” Due to the nature of the academic journal market, I can’t immediately post the entire piece – journals often … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Higher Education, Personal, Stanford
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