What are the top 10 best colleges work for? I don’t know about them. I love my job and my employer (even though they didn’t give me a rise in 3 years).
Though it is large — more than 30,000 students and nearly 3,000 faculty — the Chronicle of Higher Education reports that employees at the [...]
This time in Connecticut. I feel sad, someone needs to tell the kids to be careful. Sometimes it happens no matter how protective you can be, like that Indian scientist who was killed in his “Safe Neighborhood”. I really feel bad in my stomach.
Read the news via eenadu.net
There has been a tremendous shifts in workplace or rather what we call workplace. The primary driver for this shift are the advances in Information Technology and Communications or simply, ICT.
One of premise in Transportation Systems Planning is that transportation is a derived demand. Meaning transportation is a means but an end in itself. In [...]
I have been a vocal critique of many for-profit colleges who use deceptive marketing tactics to sell worthless degrees to some of the most vulnerable segment of the population. Many unsuspecting students at these colleges and universities often end up with no degree (or a worthless degree) and a boat load of debt that cripples [...]
In this tweak to the experiment, you get to keep all $10 and take up to $10 from the stranger. His/her decision to accept or not accept your offer is irrelevant on how much you get to keep.
What would you do in this case?
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What is the conclusion?
I’m around a lot of studying. When I walk through the lobby of the Psychology building at Texas, I often see a few students on benches reading over their notes. A trip to the library requires navigating a sea of students at tables and carrels deep in study. Then, [...]
I often compared debt ridden students of “for-profit” colleges like U of Phoenix to sub-prime borrowers. I have been writing about this sector on this blog as a big house of cards which could implode any time.
Now I have company. A notable short-seller, no less. [Via Mother Jones]
Steve Eisman, the outspoken investor whose huge wager [...]
I am passionate about the subject of education. I am disturbed by the sleazy practices of various ‘for-profit colleges’ who essentially fleece the poor and the veterans and raid the Pell Grants (there by cheating the tax payers also.)
Shedding light on fraud in the name of higher education is my crusade. [Quotes from the video.]
federal [...]
Remember the pet-rock fad? People were stupid enough to buy those “pet-rocks.” Surprisingly, the business itself was legitimate. There is another ‘legitimate’ business, which is essentially fraud: several for-profit universities in USA!
Online education by the ‘for-profit universities’ is the next biggest fraud to be exposed.
These schools are businesses. They sell “degrees.” Nothing appears wrong with [...]
మీరు చూసి నేర్చుకుంటారా, చేసి నేర్చుకుంటారా, లేక చేసినా, చూసినా నేర్చుకోరా?
Whether you are a trader or not, investor or not – this is a presentation to keep for the rest of your life. The author is Sanjay Bakshi who appears to be a trader in Indian financial markets. Subject? Business, Life, Stocks and More
This is [...]
This is a nice article I found from New York Times long back about methods on improving handwriting. I don’t know how handwriting is taught in schools here. And I don’t remember how I learnt (yeah I don’t think I learnt it at all, I need to fix mine ). I thought it [...]
Hope you caught Part 1 of this interview with Prof Rao. In this second part on Middle School education, the following issues/topics were addressed:
What about summer camps?
How to manage our tendency to force over indulgence?
What about magnet schools?
Pidakala Veta a comment on Rao’s old student – Ram Gopal Varma
Kids’ internet policy eMail and blog etiquette
Impact [...]
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“Am I doing the right thing for my kid? What if I am wrong?” Have you ever second guessed yourself like this as a parent? Don’t worry, we are not alone. We all have done this. Second guessing ourselves about the kids is our second nature. All we can do is make informed decisions and [...]
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[Via CNN]
People come up to Aimee Mullins all the time and say, “you know, I have to tell you, you just don’t look disabled.”
The record-setting athlete, actress and model says, “And it’s sweet because I know that they’re confused, and they’re telling me this because they know I’m missing both legs from the shin down, [...]
The two largest items US consumers spend on are 1) Health Care and 2) Education
Since the days of 2008 presidential campaign, so much attention has been focused on rising health care costs. The Great Recession (this is how they are referring to the current economic climate) has left many state budgets in such a disarray [...]