Amy X. Wang and Allison Schrager recently wrote a fascinating article that looked at the future of the delivery of higher education courses. The article is titled The college lecture is dying. Good riddance., and looks at what is taking place in the introductory microeconomics course at Texas A&M. Jon Meer and Steve Wiggins, two economics … Continue reading Will I Be Giving My Last Lecture before I Am Ready to Retire?
Today in class I had the opportunity to show the classic TV commercial, "Think Different", by Apple. I told my students that I am a big fan of commercials; the creators typically have less than a minute to create a memorable high quality video that tells a compelling story meant to emotionally impact the viewer, … Continue reading How Can a Commercial Have Me Crying in Less Than Three Minutes?
As mentioned in yesterday's post, we were in Long Island for a wedding yesterday. I had written that post before the ceremony and reception took place, knowing that I would probably write a separate post about the event itself. It was a wonderful event, one of the nicest weddings we have ever been to. It … Continue reading What If Every Day Could be Like a Wedding?
My wife, youngest son, and I are in Long Island for the weekend for a wedding, and today we had a few hours to explore before the big event. It's only my second time on Long Island; the first visit taking place about 40 years ago when I spent a weekend at a college roommate's … Continue reading I’ve Got to Get Out More
Despite data providing evidence that unemployment rates are lower for those with a college degree, and that lifetime earnings are higher for those with a college degree, an increasing number of Americans do not believe college is worth the cost. Here are some of the highlights of a recent NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll of 1.200 … Continue reading Is College Worth the Cost? Growing Number of Americans Say ‘No’
Google recently noticed that “how to…” searches have increased by more than 140% since 2004, and much of that search interest is directed towards how to “fix” things. In response, Google teamed with award-winning designer Xaquín González Veira to create its latest visual: How to fix a toilet...and other things you couldn’t do without Search. As part of the … Continue reading These Are Google’s Top 10 “How To …” Searches?!
I've always thought that the highest compliment you could give or receive is that you have made a positive difference in someone's life. To make a difference is a great way of giving meaning to your life. And you don't have to be famous to make such a difference. But as a recent New York … Continue reading Living a Meaningful Life
Back in December, I wrote a post about how I had taken a quiz on my knowledge of stories from last year's Wall Street Journal. Here's what I wrote at the time: "...since I read, and tweet, the WSJ every day, and often reference stories from the Journal in my classes, I thought this is the … Continue reading This Is Why You Just Can’t Read the Headlines
One of my students told me about a school he had looked into for college, a school I had never heard of. I asked him if he could send me info on the program, and a couple of hours later he had sent me a link to the school as well as a couple of … Continue reading Is This the Future of Higher Education?
It seems as if the issue of loneliness is everywhere. A few weeks ago I wrote a post about the "isolation epidemic". In that post, I noted that in 2016, Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy declared that isolation was the most common disease in the U.S. Social isolation and loneliness have been associated with major negative health effects … Continue reading One Is the Loneliest Number
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