October, 2008

Improving College at the Margins

by Pedro Carneiro
The Conversation
October 21st, 2008

I agree that IQ, or at least some good measure of cognitive achievement, largely determines whether you succeed or not in college, although other factors can also play a role. And some people have more of it than others, so college is not for everyone. But for a large set of individuals, getting a BA [...]

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Let’s Make Academic Records More Informative

by Kevin Carey
The Conversation
October 20th, 2008

Let me suggest something that perhaps we can all agree on, convictions about IQ aside. We need a higher education system that produces much more accurate information about the students it enrolls and educates. The standard degree consists of only two useful pieces of information printed on a single sheet of paper: the type of [...]

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