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Tweet From the article: “Many seem to think that by narrowing our focus to just science and engineering, we will become more competitive. This is a serious mistake. Our leaders in government, industry and academia should realize that they don’t have to make a choice between the sciences and the rest of the liberal arts. [...]
Tweet “Working with these kids is like having bipolar disorder imposed on you. One moment you’re exasperated, because 23 loud, squirmy kids– many of whom don’t speak English–won’t do anything you ask them, and the next they swarm you with hugs and kisses and you feel so loved and appreciated.” - Iris McAlpine
Tweet Great read on closed book medical board exams. I want a doctor who isn’t afraid to look up the right answer personally. From the post on KevinMD: In this era of patient safety and emphasis on reducing medical errors, it doesn’t make much sense to rely on rote memory to practice medicine. Watson antiquates [...]
Tweet In 2006, former Texas Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn sent a letter to state Gov. Rick Perry predicting a $23 billion shortfall over the next five years due to Perry’s tax plan. and “You find something like this and you want to go, ‘they knew’,” Haterius explained. “Hopefully, this mess will cause us to look [...]
Tweet This is a cross post. Please read and comment on A Modest Proposal to Resolve the Budget Shortfall in the State of Texas on Chron.com My friend Jason Wilson and I were taking break at a pub in our neighborhood watching the NCAA Finals recently when we overheard two men at the table next [...]
Tweet The vote took under 20 minutes, without any debate among members, and resulted in 18-7 in favor. The (Texas) House budget proposes reductions in two major areas: public education funding by $8.8 billion and health care by $16 billion. For the 2010-11 biennium, public education received $50 billion and health care received $65 billion. [...]
Tweet UPDATE: The Chronicle posted a story on 9/7/10: For-profit colleges fighting proposal to cut aid, Feds’ plan to limit loans for programs with high-default rates called unfair. Which lists repayment rates as follows: Everest institute – 16% American Intercontinental University – 22 % Art Institute of Houston – 37% University of Houston Downtown – 39% HCC Central [...]
Tweet This is an archive copy of the original post on Chron.com. Please comment on the Chron site if you wish to comment (encouraged!) I wrote about student loans and bankruptcy earlier this year in “Bankruptcy and the Unforgiving Servants” on the Chron blog. Today via a facebook link, I was pointed to this protest [...]
Tweet From Bill Gates talk on Reinventing Capitalism from the Techonomy conference. Video training resources mentioned by Bill in the talk. Math – see Khan Academy as the best Physics – see Walter Levin Classical Mechanics Around minute 24 Bill talks about “Education Decoupling” (more) where you could complete the best-of-the-best course and still get [...]