"Higher Education?" The book, the issue, the problem.

This is the FB page of a muckraking book by Andrew Hacker and Claudia Dreifus on higher education. The work is still available on Amazon and from some independent book sellers.

http://www.wbur.org/edify/2017/04/10/advance-math-numeracy-andrew-hacker Andrew's 'making trouble' again. This time in Boston. Thank you, WBUR.

Do We Really Need To Learn Advanced Math? One Professor's Case For A More 'Practical' Approach Andrew Hacker is pushing for the adoption of "numeracy" -- which would allow students to deepen their ability to use math concepts in the real world.

http://www.92y.org/event/neil-shubin-with-claudia-dreifus

How Science Can Save Us; How We Can Save Science — Alan Alda and Neil Shubin in Conversation with Claudia Dreifus - 92nd Street Y - New York, NY Neil Shubin and Alan Alda talk with Claudia Dreifus not only about why science matters, but how we urgently need to find more, better ways to communicate.

HEY THERE, CORY DEAN FANS AND FRIENDS--Cory will be visiting my Columbia University class, "Writing About Global Science for the International Media," this coming Tuesday, March 28th, Six to eight.
Room 517, Hamilton Hall.

Email me at [email protected] and we'll save you a seat.

Making Sense of Science: Separating Substance from Spin “I’m not a scientist” is a familiar refrain among people asked to evaluate scientific claims they feel are beyond their ken. Most citizens learn about science from media coverage, and even the most conscientious reporters sometimes struggle to offer a clear, unbiased explanat...

HOME You may know my interviews from the Tuesday Science section of the New York Times where I write and produce the “Conversation with…” feature.

Are we forcing students to take higher-level math they don’t nee In raising math requirements in high school, have we created needless barriers to graduation?

http://www.bookculture.com/event/columbus-andrew-hacker-math-myth We'd love to have you join us....

Columbus: Andrew Hacker on "The Math Myth" | Book Culture

http://www.datasaur.org/?tag=andrew-hacker

Andrew Hacker – The datasaur Math Myth April 3, 2016April 4, 2016 by [email protected] Andrew Hacker is a cranky old man who writes books about education. By calling him a crank, I don’t imply that he is wrong. I just means he’s provocative. Hacker occupies that enviable and important position where he is close enough to his topi...

With Apyrl Gibson at another Columbia/SIPA commencement.

SIPA graduation last year, with my former TA, the very brilliant young journalist, Lydia Tomkiv and her parents. One of the joys of attending the SIPA/Columbia commencement is the chance to meet my students' families. Looking forward to this year. Look for me Stephanie Chipotle Martinez, Eliza Keller, Sonya Rubin