In the past several years we've been reading about the growing number of rejections colleges have had to give to students because applications exploded. The reverse is now happening. How are colleges going to deal with a shift in population that leans towards groups less likely to go to college? Population Shift Sends Universities Scrambling - washingtonpost.com "Colleges and universities are anxiously taking steps to address a projected drop in the number of high school graduates in much of the nation starting next year and a dramatic change in the racial and ethnic makeup of the student population, a phenomenon expected to transform the country's higher education landscape, educators and analysts said."-----------------------------
Unlike the Fords, Carnegies and Rockefellers who inherited wealth, the new wealth of today was created by men and women who did so because they were smart, innovative, perceptive and good at solving problems and seizing opportunities. Why not give them more reign to deal with our troubled education system? The Money Issue - How Many Billionaires Does it Take To Fix a School System? - New York Times "Since the turn of the millennium, education philanthropy has been undergoing a major transition, as a new generation of donors has emerged. The most prominent giver is the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which made its first education donations in 2000 and now directs more than $350 million a year to schools. But Gates is not alone, and the philanthropists who have followed often arrive armed with controversial ideas about education and some very different approaches to giving their money away."
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Would you be surprised to hear that Harvard's AD has attracted a "batch of basketball whizzes that one analyst ranks in the top 25 recruiting classes in the country?" Yeah, so was Philip Boffey and he's looking a little suspect at the admissions policy. Fight Fiercely, Harvard - New York Times "The biggest puzzle is whether Harvard is lowering its vaunted academic standards to snare some top players. Two former assistant basketball coaches have suggested that their teams had to meet higher academic standards than the latest group of recruits. It is hard to unravel the truth, given that the information is confidential. Just trying to figure out how those standards are set seems to require a Ph.D. in mathematics."
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The battle over home schooling has been taken to another level in the state of California. Criminalizing Home Schoolers - TIME
Citing state law that goes back to the early 1950s, Croskey declared that "California courts have held that under provisions in the Education Code, parents do not have a constitutional right to home school their children." Furthermore, the judge wrote, if instructors teach without credentials they will be subject to criminal action.
The battle over home schooling has been taken to another level in the state of California. Criminalizing Home Schoolers - TIME
Citing state law that goes back to the early 1950s, Croskey declared that "California courts have held that under provisions in the Education Code, parents do not have a constitutional right to home school their children." Furthermore, the judge wrote, if instructors teach without credentials they will be subject to criminal action.
