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College + Degree = Joke?

on June 18, 2012 in College rankings, Colleges, Evaluating Schools, Liberal Arts Colleges, Research

With the cost of college so daunting, families are understandably more interested than ever in finding schools where their children can grow academically and secure good jobs when they graduate. That’s not an unreasonable request and yet quite a bit of evidence exists that millions of students have not been learning much in college. In [...]

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What Ever Happened to Shakespeare?

on September 1, 2011 in Academic majors, Academic quality, Academics

Is anybody else out there concerned about the popularity of vocational college degrees? I’m talking about degrees like sports management, film production, park & recreation, information technology, homeland security and communications. And, of course, the biggest vocational major of all – business. Vocational degrees have always been around. Until the mid 1960s, there was a [...]

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A Dean’s Perspective: Why We Need the Liberal Arts

on June 21, 2011 in Academic majors, Academic quality, Academics, Careers, Colleges, Liberal Arts Colleges, Universities

Today I’m sharing a piece written by Scott Coltrane, the dean of Arts and Sciences at the University of Oregon, on the beauty and practicality of a liberal arts degree. The popularity of liberal arts degrees is clearly declining. According to a thought-provoking article I read this month in The New Yorker, only 40% of [...]

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Do Undergrads Learn Much in College?

on January 18, 2011 in Academic majors, Academic quality, Academics, Colleges, Liberal Arts Colleges, Universities

Do undergrads learn much in college? Many students don’t. That’s the conclusion of a new book that’s got the higher-ed world buzzing today. The book is Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses, which was published by the University of Chicago Press. A pair of professors at New York University and the University of Virginia [...]

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10 Things New College Grads Need To Know About Jobs

on December 3, 2010 in Academics, Careers

My daughter, who is a Spanish major, will be graduating from college in the spring and like many college seniors, she is stressing about finding a job. While the job market is still ailing, a new national survey of 4,600 employers suggests that jobs will be more plentiful for the graduating class of 2011. According [...]

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50 Top Colleges for Science and Engineering PhDs

on November 18, 2010 in Academic majors, Academic quality, Academics, Admissions, Careers, Liberal Arts Colleges

I flew up to the Bay Area yesterday to give a college talk to a group of affluent families. I was told that some of the parents in the audience worked for Google, Facebook and other high-tech goliaths. Not all of their children, however, are necessarily as smart as they are. I expect that having [...]

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