You Know It's A Bad Idea When...
I just now noticed that David Brooks just made an argument for something like value-added assessments at college, which illustrates the adage, "If there's a really, really bad idea, then David Brooks will be in favor of it and will in fact become this instant expert on it because as a person who is essentially a blogger with a column in a newspaper, that is his right." It's a terrible adage.
Sherman Dorn has already dismantled the Brooks column as only Dorn can do.
One of the big crimes that colleges are committing is evidently this:
In their book, “We’re Losing Our Minds,” Richard P. Keeling and Richard H. Hersh argue that many colleges and universities see themselves passively as “a kind of bank with
Sherman Dorn has already dismantled the Brooks column as only Dorn can do.
One of the big crimes that colleges are committing is evidently this:
In their book, “We’re Losing Our Minds,” Richard P. Keeling and Richard H. Hersh argue that many colleges and universities see themselves passively as “a kind of bank with