I will be revisiting this article. For now, just read and enjoy.
Monthly Archives: August 2012
Not Our Kind of People: Why No One Talks To For-Profit Students
Just as I was reading the latest newsflash from NCES on today’s data release on higher ed employees and student aid, my e-mentor Sara Goldrick-Rab of UW-Madison was already tweeting the juiciest tidbits: The net price difference among two years is also reported: But Sara’s question of “Why?” is what I want to focus on.Read More “Not Our Kind of People: Why No One Talks To For-Profit Students”
Adam Smith Warns: Beware the Profit-Seekers
This reminds me of the time I read Smith in a grad seminar. I mention the reading offhandedly to my mentor, the economist. His response: Do they know the REAL Adam Smith? That’s a good question for us all. Do we know the real Adam Smith?