The Ivory

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• This Aint How An Asipiring Economic Rival That Id Worry About Acts

  
  Fear and Loathing In Georgetown — Authority: 484
  It sounds an awful lot like the universities over there are simply diploma mills if you are important enough: Graduate enrollment in PhD programs has grown by some 23.4% annually since 1982. In comparison, the average annual growth rate for students enrolling in masters degrees during the same period was 15%. By the ...
  2 weeks ago

• In keeping with the old world/new world theme of the holiday

  
  The Adventures of Notorious Ph.D., Girl Scholar — Authority: 115
  ...my new nephew arrived this week, and now rejoices in the first/middle name combination of: Henry Hudson. Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! And remember: the best part of the Thanksgiving meal is the pie-for-breakfast the day after.
  3 weeks ago

• Subjectivity In Grading

  
  Fear and Loathing In Georgetown — Authority: 484
  Phoebe recently posted about objectivity in grading: There is a rather widespread idea amongst college students - and I remember this from college myself - that a good grade on even an undeniably quantitative assignment means the teacher likes me, whereas a bad grade is assumed the result of a teacher extracting ...
  3 weeks ago

• To Robert Enke - Germany

  
  money ebay — Authority: 136
  The following is an excerpt from a letter addressed to Robert Enke from the national team before the match with the Ivory Coast… Wir spielen heute für Deutschland, wir spielen für die Fans. Aber wir spielen vor allem für Dich. View original post here: To Robert Enke - Germany
  4 weeks ago

• Math Pedagogy

  
  Fear and Loathing In Georgetown — Authority: 484
  I found this article about the influence of progressive social goals in math curriculum fascinating. At some level though I think, or rather hope, that the influence of political and social goals on math curriculum is overstated. Isnt math pretty much math? Doesnt everybody pretty much learn adding fractions, ...
  4 weeks ago

• Department of Bad Ideas: American Political Development

  
  nobody sasses a girl in glasses — Authority: 485
  Sometimes Miss Self-Important makes mistakes. A recent example of this alarmingly frequent phenomenon was selecting American politics as my second field. I innocently imagined that something called American politics would be about America and politics, both of which I have some interest in. Turns out, no. Its ...
  4 weeks ago

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