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The Management Myth

I had read this sometime during the last 5 years, but John D Cook linked to it this weekend, so I got reacquainted: The Management Myth. Matthew Stewart worked as a management consultant for seven years, but his education was in nineteenth century German philosophy. Stewart only caught up on

Academic Ponzi Scheme

Here is another take on the pyramid scheme that is higher education today, this time from England. Why I am not a Professor Teaching was not the only criterion of assessment. Research was another and, from the point of view of getting promotion, more important. Teaching being increasingly dreadful, research

PhD Glut

This is sort of thing is usually discussed scoffingly over at the PhysicsForums, but there is a massive over-supply of PhDs. When even Nature is publishing articles on the subject, something has to give. There have been some attempts to reform the Ponzi scheme nature of grad school in the

How to get a real education

Via John D Cook, Scott Adams has a hilarious article in the WSJ about what kind of tertiary education we should be providing. I understand why the top students in America study physics, chemistry, calculus and classic literature. The kids in this brainy group are the future professors, scientists, thinkers

Science proves

The best way to be a high earner is to be a smart, conscientious, outgoing, jerk. Shocking, I know. Paper here: http://www.iza.org/conference_files/CoNoCoSk2011/gensowski_m6556.pdf Thanks to Steve Hsu for bring this to my attention!

American Education System Shines in International Competition

That isn't the headline you probably saw, but it really is true. The problem is that demography matters. Once this is understood, many things become clear. Thankfully, Tino at Super-Economy has done us the hard work of breaking down PISA scores by country of origin, comparing European Americans

Charlton on Tolkien and Rowling

Bruce Charlton unfavorably compares the moral universe of Harry Potter with the Lord of the Rings. When first I tried to read the Harry Potter series, I was put off by the chaos of its moral universe. The author did not seem to have secure moral bearings, and it seemed