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...Secretary of Education??s Commission on the Future of Higher Education has proposed to create a database to keep track of educational data on every college student in the U.S. The commission believes that, in so doing, it will be better able to assess the proficiency of both colleges and students. Furthermore, the commission hopes that by tracking individuals it will be able to learn more about demographic trends among college students. But this proposal of a database is not well-founded. While we endorse another of the commission’s ideas—a ranking system...
Harry R. Lewis ’68 is Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science and Harvard College Professor. He served as dean of the College from 1995-2003. This op-ed is based on his forthcoming book, “Excellence Without a Soul: How a Great University Forgot Education?? published by PublicAffairs...
...recent months, the U.S. Secretary of Education??s Commission on the Future of Higher Education has proposed the implementation of standardized testing at colleges and universities across the nation. This is part of a larger effort to increase their accountability to students, parents, employers, and the public at large. While the government’s concerns about the quality of higher education are understandable and well-intentioned, the use of standardized testing is an inappropriate and ineffectual solution that should not be pursued.Two main arguments have been made in support of testing: first, that the results will assist...
...After a 2006 study by the American Institutes for Research found that more than 50 percent of students at four-year colleges lacked the skills to perform complex “literacy” tasks like analyzing news articles or calculating a tip at a restaurant, the Secretary of Education??s Commission on the Future of Higher Education (COFHE) actually recommended mandatory standardized testing for college students to ensure they were graduating with the appropriate skills...
...want to bring my perspective as the CEO of a $5 billion school system to engage Harvard more broadly in the challenge of improving urban education??simultaneously strengthening both the institution and the nation,” he wrote in an e-mail...