“They suggest that we may be losing national capacity in disciplines that are vital not only for our research base and students’ personal and professional development but also for a healthy, creative and prosperous society and economy.
A new book on educational inequalities entitled Class Dismissed – again published by Princeton University Press – argues that colleges in the US are good in terms of diversity but that students get very little cultural support along the way once they get into college.
A recent book published by Princeton University Press introduces us to the Gatsby Curve – a measure of how societies do in terms of intergenerational social mobility. The US is doing worse than even and other countries such as Norway, Finland and Denmark also do poorly.
Robert Reich reminds us of the path to wealth in the US thanks to tried and trusted graduate pathways from Harvard and other elite colleges into Finance and Hedge Funds:
More than a third of Harvard’s graduating seniors are heading into finance or management consulting – two professions notable for how quickly their practitioners “make a bag”, or make money, reports the New York Times.
I recently learned that CUHK Shenzhen can charge about 50 K USD per year per student and that Xi-an Jiaotong Liverpool can charge about 70 K USD per year. These might seem very and yet they are on a par with premier universities in the US. It seems Chinese parents see price as a sign of quality and they would not want in any other way.
Faute de budget pour embaucher des titulaires dans un enseignement supérieur exsangue, plus de la moitié des personnels enseignants sont désormais des vacataires, auxquels s’ajoutent de nombreux contractuels. Reportage à l’université de Grenoble.
Dependence on Tech caused staggering Educational inequality
AI can bring a third digital divide in terms of educational inequality: where the rich have access to technology, increasingly powered by artificial intelligence, and to teachers to help them use this technology as part of their learning, while poor kids just have access to the technology?
GRADE INFLATION: 9 out of 10 students in top universities get firsts or 2.1 degrees
New research shows that it doesn’t really matter what you do in university. What matters is getting in to the top universities. This is the hard part. If you get in you have a 90% chance of getting a first or a 2.1 degree.
Education is no longer the key factor when it comes to social mobility in Ireland. Family wealth and inheritance play the most significant role when it comes to social mobility and home ownership.
Wellcome Trust study aims to use peer-delivered problem solving and behavioural activation – two strategies found to help improve symptoms of mental health problems – as standalone early interventions for young people with depression.
Academic Barbarism 