The Ithaca Voice recently reported on an internal memo sent by Cornell President Elizabeth Garrett to leaders of different departments within the University focusing on cutting costs, red-tape, and improving decision-making efficiency. Specifically, Garrett targeted Cornell’s “Overly cumbersome bureaucracy and unnecessarily complicated decision-making processes” with the overall goal of having each department “eliminate unnecessary regulation,...
– An article on Cornell hockey standout Rebecca Johnston, who will be representing Canada at the Olympics. – Despite falling to 15th in the U.S. News rankings, Cornell finds itself in 8th place when it comes to…website popularity? – Cornell apps are up 5% this year. – Now, some serious opinion/commentary on Cornell sorority happenings....
OK, maybe the school system’s plight isn’t quite that drastic, but it sure is taking some heavy blows. George Will writes about how liberalism is killing California (not an unfamiliar subject for him), and slowly devouring the once great school system. The irony, of course, being that increased liberalism is what UC schools have always...
– Krauthammer: “The Myth of ’08, Demolished.” – Economics Chair Basu will be leaving to serve as one of India’s top economic advisors. – Roundup: bloggers meet with the Treasury. – The S.A. voted to reinstate Ken Glover. – From MR, a good post on how competitive college have recently become more competitive. – A...
Via MR, here’s an interesting piece on the non-pecuniary benefits of schooling. The authors of the paper cited in this article point out that, “despite the erosion in the monetary returns from college since 2000,” there are still large non-pecuniary benefits to higher education. These include: increased enjoyment of work, better decisions about health, marriage,...
Every year, thousands of college applicants are accepted, not solely because of, but with the additional help of affirmative action policies in American colleges and universities. The subject is a hotly debated one: on one hand, the intended purpose is to increase racial equality and provide opportunities for supposedly underrepresented minorities and genders in different...