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Categories Society, Politics and History

A First Step Towards Getting Rid of Universities

Universities are a weird thing. The vast majority of things you learn are either completely irrelevant or quickly forgotten. This is of course not true…

18. September 202018. September 2020
Categories Society, Politics and History

The Insanity and Injustice of College Sports

The Atlantic has an interesting opinion piece called College Sports Are Affirmative Action for Rich White Students. In the US it is quite common for…

14. July 202014. July 2020
Categories Society, Politics and History

Should You Take Collegra?

I stumbled across this interesting article called Most Academic Advertising Is Immoral Bullshit. It makes the interesting point that most of what university advertises has…

5. June 20205. June 2020
Categories Daily Posts, Open Questions, Society, Politics and History

Saturday, 08.02.2020 – Why do PISA Results of Immigrant Students Depend so strongly On Country of Origin

Link of the day: Why Do the Results of Immigrant Students Depend So Much on Their Country of Origin and so Little on Their Country…

8. February 20207. February 2020
Categories Daily Posts, Environment

Saturday, 11.01.2020 – Air Filters May Have Large Educational Gains

Link of the day: Installing air filters in classrooms has surprisingly large educational benefits In 2015, Los Angeles suffered from the Aliso Canyon gas leak,…

11. January 202011. January 2020
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