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Test subjects were divided into groups, one of which received transplanted cells from aborted fetuses via holes drilled into the patients' skulls. The other patients had mere indentations drilled into their skulls, to mimic the real procedure. This experiment represents one of the fastest-growing and most controversial areas of...
...sounds a bit out there on Edge City, but I must admit that strangely enough, the idea of immortality appeals to me. The most compelling argument for deep-freeze is also one of the simplest: Either you are part of the experimental group, or you are part of the control, and the control group is dead. Thus, with an infinite gain associated with a successful experiment, I must believe that the 20 dollars a month utility loss that I will suffer is just buying me a ticket in the highest-stakes lottery on the planet: a chance...
Lafayette College, a small liberal-arts and engineering school in Pennsylvania, started a five-year experiment with making SATs optional in 1995. And Lafayette officials found that the test, combined with other measures, correlated better with their students' performance than other measures alone. In addition, admissions officers found themselves lost...
Regardless of the tuition change, the financial aid increase falls far short of Princeton's recent experiment. Instead of offering piecemeal measures, Princeton replaced all of its student loans with grants--ensuring that students will no longer graduate burdened by a mountain of debt. Princeton's move will both entice...
To repeat my view: I think that grade inflation has resulted from the prevalence in American education of the notion of self-esteem. According to that therapeutic notion, the purpose of education is to make students feel capable and "empowered," and professors should hesitate to pass judgment on what students...