And Education is… Forgotten
By Watson Scott Swail, President and CEO of Educational Policy Institute and EPI International Unless you’ve been holed up in your 1950s-era bomb shelter (or in Indiana Jones lead-lined refrigerator!), the last week has been non-stop politics, with a quick entertainment break called Hurricane Gustav. I can’t remember the last time two conventions were back-to-back, but I’m guessing that the media needs a break. Poor Wolfie. He … Continue reading And Education is… Forgotten
The Bell Curve Under a Different Cover
By Watson Scott Swail, President and CEO, Educational Policy Institute In yesterday’s USA Today, Mary Beth Marklein interviews The Bell Curve author Charles Murray about his new book, Real Education: Four Simple Truths for Brining America’s Schools Back to Reality. Murray, in typical fashion, is set to cause an uproar across higher education, especially at open admissions schools, about the role and place of higher education. … Continue reading The Bell Curve Under a Different Cover
Another Conversation About Money
By Watson Scott Swail, President and CEO, Educational Policy Institute Someday I want to be rich. Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That’s how rich I want to be. Rita Rudner – a non-education expert from Harrah’s, Las Vegas, NV Ah yes, money makes the world go ‘round. We all want it, we all work for it, and we all spend … Continue reading Another Conversation About Money
A Warped View of Leadership
Earlier today, Elyse Ashburn of The Chronicle of Higher Education wrote about the cost of higher education in her piece, News Analysis: Higher-Education Misperceptions, Myths, and the Media. In the article, Ms. Ashburn discusses recent findings from Jane Wellman’s group, the Delta Project. Continue reading A Warped View of Leadership
Welcome to the New America
By Watson Scott Swail, President & Senior Research Scholar, Educational Policy Institute I did some fact checking this morning, and, as of yesterday, the average gallon of gas in the US cost $4.11. That’s over a dollar higher than a year ago and almost three times the price of regular unleaded in 2003. Even at our previous peak during the Iran crisis in 1979, gas was only … Continue reading Welcome to the New America
The Swail Letter on Higher Education 