Another blog post of personal privilege, or just something I felt like writing. I’m comforted by the fact that no one other than me is likely to read it. I began dental school at Indiana University in 1975, and little did I know what awaited me. Dental education in the 1970s was academically punishing and … More The Transformation of Dental Education: From Humiliation to Empathy
On May 23, 2012, the presumptive Republican presidential candidate released a white paper titled “A Chance for Every Child, Mitt Romney’s Plan for Restoring the Promise of American Education.” One theme in the paper was to extend a voucher program to students that would allow them to select what school they thought best fits their … More Missing the big picture: Romney’s Business Approach to Improving Education
OK, so that’s a shameless, attention seeking title that’s not exactly true. What is true is that the median Grade Point Average (GPA) is higher at the University of Florida (UF) than it is at the University of Central Florida (UCF). This GPA differential is indicative of a greater rate of grade inflation – not … More UF students are smarter than UCF students…
Confronting Mediocrity 