Why do so many people look at US News Rankings when choosing a school. Gladwell and others have demonstrated there is little to support them. Are human beings so irrational that proof does not matter?
Who is left that people might agree to call a public intellectual who is not trying to make a buck or support one side only?
Where is the press coverage on the two biggest scientific discoveries of the recent months: Higgs boson and the junk genetic code actually containing the secrets of health and longer life? Some have called these among the greatest discoveries in the history of the world.
When will colleges and universities stop trying to imitate the Ivies and spend money on faculty instead of monuments to their own magnificence--donors and schools both are guilty.
How can the next financial crisis, student loan debt, be given enough serious attention before it hits instead of after?
What kind of system could be implemented to give credit for the free courses currently offered on-line by Stanford, MIT, and others. The best of the best teach the classes, and they are free.
Why do sites like college confidential contain enough remarks to indicate that almost everyone associated with admission, except admission offices, assume that it is much harder for Asians to be offered admission at highly selective schools. Why has there been no class action lawsuit?
Who might be persuasive enough to convince colleges and universities to stop keeping vital information about decisions behind closed doors. Do these places think people on the outside cannot handle the truth?
Where is their a politician brave enough to stand up and say publicly that the US policy on limiting work visas is Anti-American in virtually every respect.
When will the students flocking to the US from China decide it is not worth the the $250,000 for an education that cannot lead to a job? Do colleges and universities have a back-up plan for the loss of income this will represent?
How can the explosion of data and case studies coming out of cognitive science departments and mba programs that indicate that 'rational choice theory' is fiction at best be accepted in departments of economics?
What is the explanation for the disconnect between studies that show IQ is increasing while many in the blogosphere and on campuses see for themselves that many bright people know very little about the world or themselves?
Why is there something instead of nothing?
Who among our children will be inspired to be our next great leader when all around them they see attacks, misleading 'facts', and fundraising as the skills needed to succeed?
Where is the press coverage on banks like Standard Chartered and HSBC, places that have knowingly sponsored countries that support terrorism/ Shouldn't the leadership be tried for supporting terrorist organizations? Doesn't the lack out outcry indicate that we care more about mammon than morals? Has this always been true?
When will the court systems across the wold begin to accept expert testimony from scientists that supports the findings that free will is a just so story. how would this alter our approaches to how we should live?
How long will tenure still be given out at most colleges and universities?
What are you going to do about any of these questions? Read them and weep? Delete them from your memory banks? Or become a part of the people who think these are worth a good respectful debate or response?
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