by Sean | Aug 20, 2012 | Economics, Education
I just read a phenomenal blog post by Renee DiResta about an interesting (albeit qualitative) study powered by Google’s auto-complete feature. She went State by state and saw what the Google search results indicated people thought of a particular state. She then...
by Sean | Aug 2, 2012 | Education, Fulbright, Literature, Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka has free tertiary education, but only two percent of students are accepted to university. As a generalization, those accepted to University have excellent English skills; those lacking proficiency in English can be held back and prevented from going abroad...
by Sean | Jul 18, 2012 | Education, Fulbright
Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity -Horace Mann If you’ve gone for an undergraduate or graduate degree in the past decade, or know someone who has, I’m sure you’re well aware of the staggering cost of a degree. American...
by Sean | Jul 5, 2012 | Education, Politics
I was recently forwarded the 2012 Texas Republican Platform from a former Professor of mine at Fordham, and I was a little taken aback by what they were advocating for education: Knowledge-Based Education – We oppose the teaching of Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS)...