Newmark's Door

"There are three primary reasons for declining confidence in higher education—political agendas, colleges not teaching relevant skills, and cost."

We need more time to evaluate the comparison--one must be careful not to be tricked by regression to the mean-- but the result so far isn't a surprise.

In case you missed it, this article seems to have drawn a lot of comment. 

In January 2023, just two months after OpenAI launched ChatGPT, a survey of 1,000 college students found that nearly 90 percent of them had used the chatbot to help with homework assignments. 

Because for at least some of them it isn't?

Nice try, but I think this is really wrong: "In a sea of rigged activities, grade inflation, and near-perfect SAT scores, the college essay is the only component of the college application process that cannot be gamed or bought."

This is just sad:

Strawberry Mansion High School ranks as one of the most dangerous schools in the country. And despite the Philadelphia School District’s spending nearly $30,000 per student per year in district-operated public schools, the latest data from the Nation’s Report Card shows student performance in the city is lower than students in most other large cities. Last year, 81 percent of Philadelphia fourth-grade students were not proficient in math, while 83 percent were not proficient in reading. Among Black, Hispanic, and economically disadvantaged students, the numbers were even higher. 

Because of his zip code, Anthony was on track to attend Strawberry Mansion High School. But his life forever changed thanks to Pennsylvania’s tax credit scholarship program, which his mother used to send him to a safe, quality private school. 

What happened to the thousands of dollars that would have been spent on Anthony’s public school education each year? It stayed with the Philadelphia School District, even as Anthony left. 

Good on Dad: "The outlet reported that the 10-year-old’s father, Rafael Perales, has guided his daughter on expanding her knowledge since her first birthday, when she moved beyond basic ABCs and 123s."

Yow: "College readiness no longer entails the ability to think critically or to write well."

Well somebody's got to pay for all those administrators.

Sounds like Palantir is being smart.