tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post163162770287233378..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: We can be replaced, quatre cinqUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-43913585576087361682016-07-23T22:43:07.694-04:002016-07-23T22:43:07.694-04:00I didn't realize the "Curmudgucation"...I didn't realize the "Curmudgucation" guy had put out a book. Will have to get a copy.EC1https://www.blogger.com/profile/13414931249618049097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-26209778306038667472016-07-23T13:30:16.811-04:002016-07-23T13:30:16.811-04:00Make that line 5. Make that line 5. Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-31493918019174010112016-07-23T13:29:43.370-04:002016-07-23T13:29:43.370-04:00And "do"at the end of line 4 above shoul...And "do"at the end of line 4 above should read "require." Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-67984258963496150152016-07-23T13:28:18.277-04:002016-07-23T13:28:18.277-04:00--Smolenski appears to assume that the greater pre...--Smolenski appears to assume that the greater prestige of an Ivy-League degree results from better teaching at the Ivy-League institution. This, of course, is ridiculous; Ivy-League institutions produce impressive graduates by selecting students who are very bright, *and* have learned how to learn, and by providing them with lots of resources but nowhere near the degree of pedagogical structure Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-51652953483266147452016-07-23T13:28:02.550-04:002016-07-23T13:28:02.550-04:00I'll start by noting that the Woodrow Wilson F...I'll start by noting that the Woodrow Wilson Fellowship Foundation paid for me to go to grad school, because at the time (mid-late 80s) they were convinced that there would be a shortage of humanities professors starting sometime in the early 90s. I think we all know how that worked out (shortage: not really; jobs: not packaged quite the way they assumed, see the first word of my handle). <Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-6251038440494846982016-07-23T13:18:48.382-04:002016-07-23T13:18:48.382-04:00Great post. I don't think there's anything...Great post. I don't think there's anything wrong with using competency-based checklists, but as a supplement to ensure that we're all covering a basic minimum, not as a replacement for our entire enterprise. And I don't think employers are clamoring to hire people who have bypassed postsecondary education and simply passed a test. In fact, I daresay even the most ardent Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15711314415244801354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-43381077057651385592016-07-23T12:07:03.438-04:002016-07-23T12:07:03.438-04:00The linked article makes a very good start on taki...The linked article makes a very good start on taking apart the plans it reports on, but it doesn't laugh quite enough at the people who suggested the idea.<br /><br />The deleted post above, was my immediate reaction to the line "Because skills are only meaningful in social context [...]" which always pisses me off, because while hiring engineers is a social construct, their abilitydmckeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18052641757203089416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-20247337779894117332016-07-23T11:57:57.432-04:002016-07-23T11:57:57.432-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.dmckeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18052641757203089416noreply@blogger.com