In October 2018, I had the opportunity to initiate in Paris-Dauphine a master course on the transformations of work in the digital age . It was about understanding the links between changes in work and new forms of organization and management. In the spirit, this teaching was also an opportunity to try to link often separate practices (pedagogy and […] … learn more→

Your secondary education is very important, but it also comes with a lot of new responsibilities. For instance, you’ll have to learn how to best manage your own time and schedule, learn how to make networking opportunities line up for career opportunities, and even understand student loans and student loan forgiveness. However, there are plenty […] … learn more→

If the Harvard admissions trial teaches us anything, it should be that there are more brilliant and accomplished young people in the United States eager for a top-notch education than there are seats to accommodate them. Places like Harvard and other elite colleges select students from a pool flush with well-qualified applicants who could handle the coursework, […] … learn more→

Accreditation is mostly a slam dunk, and once you have it, the student loan scam provides such an abundance of funds that you generally keep it. That said, a school can lose accreditation. It’s rare, mind you, but I can’t help but notice a school can’t lose accreditation due to lack of academic integrity (hi […] … learn more→

You’ve heard of Lego your research method and Dance Your PhD. But now Bake Your Thesis is getting to be a thing. There’s a hashtag #bakeyourphd and active competitions in New Zealand, Canada and the UK. One of the Canadian thesis baking competition represents their research on immigrant communities through a cinnamon bun – a complicated and lengthy […] … learn more→

“Drink Brawndo. It Has Electrolytes!” –from the movie Idiocracy, which presents an alarmingly credible look into our future. The word “inclusive” is used much like electrolytes in the movie, without considering if there’s any evidence having such things is always a good idea. Hey, remember last post where the Progressives had decided students can’t be […] … learn more→

A few posts ago, I discussed how “aptitude” tests weren’t giving equality of outcome, so they were labeled RACIST and tossed, via a supreme court ruling which directly led to the mess we have today in higher education. That was 50 years ago…but not much has changed in tactics for the Progressives, as we’ll see […] … learn more→

We really are coming to a crossroads in higher ed. A few decades ago, the possibility that a whole department, based on an entire academic subject, would be tossed as “not useful knowledge” would be considered inconceivable. But today, in the United States, this sort of thing is common. Shakespeare is being tossed in exchange […] … learn more→

I’m hardly the only “anonymous” critic of higher ed out there, and the reason there are so many of us is pretty simple: the rulers of higher ed hold such incredible power, that concepts such as “free speech” or “academic freedom” don’t provide even a patina of protection from those on high. My criticisms on […] … learn more→

“I’ll get my graduate degree!” –it’s weird how there’s always a personal pronoun, in this case “my,” in these types of statements. Quite a number of college graduates get their spiffy degree, go out into the real world…and find out their degree is worthless. Trouble is, even with a worthless degree, they’ll still have to […] … learn more→