So some people in Bangalore write the papers, and then other people (maybe the same people) grade them. This allows universities on the other side of the planet to put 1,000 students in a class without visible consequences. Win-win!
Caption Contest:
Coffee is like sin
It always smells better than it tastes.* And now, Science tells us why! "The act of swallowing the drink sends a burst of aroma up the back of the nose from inside the mouth, activating a “second sense of smell” in the brain that is less receptive to the flavour, causing a completely different and …
Resume (and CV) writers take note.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6s40Q6ODSI8
Thumb on the PayScale
Here's a great post on college rankings. The thing is, we already know that universities can't magically bring back the mid-tier jobs that have been lost to productivity increases and outsourcing. But we keep blaming the universities (and in the case of state run institutions, legislatively micromanaging them) because it's something we can do.
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