Fake credentials have become a global problem. The National Student Clearinghouse, a US NGO that offers a degree verification service, reports that falsified academic credentials are a serious, prevalent and ever-increasing problem. In 2015 the New York Times reported on a billion-dollar industry consisting of 3 300 “diploma mills”. These were fake universities that sold certificates for all […] … learn more→
Author Archives: Kevin
Fake qualifications are on the rise. How universities can manage the risk
Nazis (almost) welcomed to campus
One of the most annoying bits to the Leftist lunacy taking over our campuses is the sheer hypocrisy of their intolerant tolerance. Sure, every form of sexual deviancy variation is tolerated, even the pedophilic, genital mutilatative, and violent tendencies of other cultures is tolerated in the name of sacred Diversity…but opposing ideas, especially those involving […] … learn more→
Some tentative advice about advice
Caveat lector… or let the reader beware: tentative advice about advice Having come to the end of my PhD journey (I study self-help books, so I feel entitled to label things a ‘journey’ now), I have digested rather a lot of advice over the last four years. If you’re anything like me (neuroticcurious and concerned […] … learn more→
The care and feeding of critical friends
Getting critical feedback on your work is one of the most difficult things to negotiate, whether you’re just starting out as a scholar or have published and been applying for grants for years. We know that academia requires us to jump through hoop after hoop, so finding good ways to deal with this process of […] … learn more→
How to approach dyscalculia, the ‘mathematical dyslexia’
It is very likely that you have heard of dyslexia, but do you hear a disorder called dyscalculia ? Surely not, since children who suffer difficulties in learning mathematics (MAD) are not diagnosed with the same frequency as those who have dyslexia. In fact, the study we recently conducted in the UK shows that students with dyslexia have a chance over […] … learn more→
“School strike for the climate”: high school students jostle the agenda
“I would like them to forget their personal interest, to be interested in the climate”: by this interpellation of the leaders of the world, at the COP 24 in December 2018 then at the international forum of Davos in January 2019 the young activist Greta Thunberg , is has become the icon of a youth that demands a radical […] … learn more→
Getting ready to write about “the literature”
You’ve all heard that the doctorate is about making an original contribution To the literature. Well, that’s right, although what that means is not nearly as scary as it sounds. What you may not be told is that doing a PhD is a lot about information management – finding information, cataloguing it, saving it and […] … learn more→
Graduate education “reformers” won’t ask the graduates for advice
I’ve written of the Ph.D. glut a few times, and things really were different when I applied to grad school: I was rejected from the majority of graduate schools I applied to. It wasn’t that I was all that weak an applicant, but the recent collapse of the USSR (at the risk of giving things […] … learn more→
English, a pending issue: causes and solutions
Currently, the command of another language (especially English) is a necessity for young people because of the many job improvement opportunities that this can offer them and because it also facilitates the search for a job within their own country. English is becoming a demand in almost all sectors and there are many people who […] … learn more→
3 ways to improve education about slavery in the US
When it comes to teaching students about slavery in the United States, teachers often stumble through the topic. In the worst cases, they use poorly conceived lessons that end up inflaming students, parents and communities about a subject that is already difficult to deal with because of the inhumanity involved. For instance, in 2018 a […] … learn more→
