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Alex Friedrich

Robo-readers, lost kids, and international scholars

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Why college kids aren’t timid or lost Author and former Yale faculty member William Deresiewicz is right to question our misplaced respect for elite colleges. But his main point — that the Ivies are turning out a generation of losers — makes no sense. (The Washington Post)

Life as an international academic We are neither expats nor migrated scholars, but double-sided people. (The Guardian)

Seeking New Start, Finding Steep Cost Workforce Investment Act Leaves Many Jobless and in Debt (The New York Times)

Robo-readers aren’t as good as human readers — they’re better  The computer functions not as a grader but as a proofreader and basic writing tutor, providing feedback on drafts, which students then use to revise their papers before handing them in to a human. (The Hechinger Report via University Business)

Professor Obama Grades U.S. Colleges, Finds It Tests Him The Education Department, charged by President Barack Obama to create a system rating more than 5,000 campuses on graduation rates, student debt and other outcomes, is finding that calibrating the metrics is complicated. The agency has delayed unveiling a draft until the fall, months later than planned. (Bloomberg via NAICU)