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Wednesday, December 1, 2010

143. MVCAP fyi

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‎"They claim funding cuts means faculty positions are going unfilled. Similar protests snarled other cities, including Milan, Turin, Naples, Venice, Palermo and Bari. In Genoa, students protested under the slogan "they block our future, we block the cities."

2. 25 Colleges With the Worst Professors, by Lynn O'Shaughnessy - http://t.co/fNtziyB

"The upper Midwest is a hot bed for bad professors, according to data an education think tank culled from millions of RateMyProfessor teacher evaluations. Among the top 25 schools with the worst professors, six of them hail from Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota. Nearly a third come from all parts of the Midwest."

3. 25 Colleges With the Best Professors, by Lynn O'Shaughnessy - http://t.co/8ep9aYq

"What do the colleges on this list share in common? All of them are small private institutions. Most of the schools are liberal arts colleges with student bodies well under 4,000 students. And that’s not surprising since liberal arts colleges tend to offer smaller classes and the prime focus of professors at these schools is teaching not research."

4. Bill Gates Listens to the Wrong People, by Diane Ravitch - http://t.co/TWHufcK via @educationweek

"These are the people who teach our children, these are the members of the public who serve their local schools without compensation year after year. They and their children and their children's children will be here long after the corporate reform crowd has moved on and been forgotten. These are the people on whom our public schools depend. They care deeply about their children, their communities, and their public schools."

5. State Student-Aid Policies Drive College Prices, Researchers Say - http://chronicle.com/article/State-Student-Aid-Policies/125569/

"The researchers who conducted the study found that an increase in need-based aid resulted in higher tuition and fees at both public and private institutions in the state. Public colleges also lowered their average institutional-aid awards, while there was no change at private colleges."


‎"The reality is that early decision good news or bad news will come, regardless of whether the student has a Plan B. But the bad news is a lot more difficult to deal with when there is no alternate plan."

7. Dropout Rates Dropping, but Don't Celebrate Yet, by Andrew J. Rotherham - http://bit.ly/gVhooK - reading from @time

"According to the report, by Johns Hopkins University, along with two education-oriented groups, America's Promise Alliance and Civic Enterprises, eight states had graduation rates below 70% in 2008, and 2.2 million students still attend dropout factories. An achievement gap also persists: only 64% of Hispanic students and 62% of African Americans graduated in 2008, while 81% of white students did."

8. Announcing the Release of the Best Colleges 2011 Rankings, by Greg Scott Neuman - http://t.co/lwfNRhQ

"According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the median annual income of workers who hold a bachelor's degree is now almost $20,000 more than those who hold only a high school diploma. Over a 40-year working life, that’s a difference of more than $700,000 – quite a significant pay increase!"

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