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Competition and school choice
I try to avoid shamelessly passing along links without any commentary; today you’ll have to suffer the indignity of such a post.
 1. Ontario Catholics are able to choose between sending their children to the (Catholic) separate schools system or the public system, while non-Catholics could only go to public schools.
2. Separate schools [...]
How much does your professor earn?
If your institution is in Ontario, you might be able to find out
Student loan debt: it’s still a good thing
Is education a right or an investment? The debate continues here
Student loan debt: it’s a good thing
Billions owed to the government proves many people benefit from student loans
On the cultivation of lawyers
Good or bad? Right or wrong? Just different?
The five-decade challenge
Okay, a brief review of British education. Unlike North America, students across the country (countries, really) write standardized exams. These have been awarded a bunch of different names over the years (O-levels and A-levels versus various certificates), but the crux of the matter is that students typically write one set of exams (ordinary levels) at [...]
Incentives for benevolence
Like any business, private universities rely on keeping their customers happy
Print edition article
As some of you may have noticed by now, I have a short piece in the university edition of Maclean’s. If you want to comment or ask questions, this is the space.
No free lunches, tuition fees edition
Everything comes at a price, monetary or not
Read this now: a professor’s lament
A professor of an unnamed liberal arts discipline explains his decision to leave academia.
This is an excellent article. I agree with everything in it that I have sufficient experience to comment on. I would certainly be one of the students he’s not too fond of.
Opportunities for signalling
I couldn’t help but chuckle when this event popped up on my facebook. I realize some of you may not be indocrinated, so I’ll post the concise summary here:
Female University Graduates in Newfoundland and Labrador earn $0.68 to every $1 a Male University Graduate earns.
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To raise awareness regarding this issue, a bake sale is being [...]
Universities respond to incentives
Baylor University is being called “the poster child for SAT misuse” after the student newspaper revealed an unusual practice: paying admitted freshmen to retake the SAT and offering large financial rewards for those whose scores go up by certain levels.While the university says that its approach is designed to give out more scholarship aid, it [...]
Faulty ammunition
Using income to measure the reward to education is misleading
Rigors of being a (real) international student, continued
Comments on conditions for success as a foreigner
How not to fund universities
Italian postsecondary funding based on number of graduates goes awry
Go ahead, watch some TV
Paper finds that TV may boost performance on standardized tests
I had to pay for this?
Rent controls a poor policy to bring about positive change
Invaluable
I try not to do this, but if you’ve ever spent time in a university lecture, go and read this blogpost. Here’s the highlight for me:
A manuscript hand-copied book back in 1000 cost roughly the same share of average annual income as $50,000 is today.
The point is often made that the lecture format hasn’t changed [...]
Myron, I think Todd's argument in this case is as follows; Private Universities don't offer courses that are relevant ...
Concerning my assessment of the original argument, it certainly wasn't my intention to misrepresent Mr. Pettigrew's argument. Perhaps I ...
Dr. Pettigrew, your statement
" Even if we concede that TWU’s teachers and nurses are doing a good job (also ...
Myron Penner misrepresents my argument. My first premise is that public universities should be open to the public. Penner may ...
