Welcome to the Bottom Half

In terms of retention and graduation rates, American colleges and universities are now in the bottom half of all higher education institutions in the developed world.  According to a New York Times story and editorial, the U.S. is now 16th out of 27 countries.

The U.S. used to be first. While the U.S. still has the largest percentage of its population college educated, that is because of older adults, not those aged 25 - 40.  The U.S. is falling in terms of providing college educations to younger adults.

Since colleges are failing boys more than girls, this is another indication of how serious the issue of our schools failing smart boys is for society.

Is the drawing a factory or a school? Both are obsolete in the 21st century.

In terms of retention and graduation rates, American colleges and universities are now in the bottom half of all higher education institutions in the developed world.  According to a New York Times story and editorial, the U.S. is now 16th out of 27 countries.

The U.S. used to be first. While the U.S. still has the largest percentage of its population college educated, that is because of older adults, not those aged 25 - 40.  The U.S. is falling in terms of providing college educations to younger adults.

Since colleges are failing boys more than girls, this is another indication of how serious the issue of our schools failing smart boys is for society.

Is the drawing a factory or a school? Both are obsolete in the 21st century.

Comments

[Michael Hagan]

Dear Mr. Draves,

Thank you so much for your wonderful presentation today.

In regards to the Daisy Bell song (A bicycle built for two) here are a few links regarding the version of the song that was created in 1961. As I had mentioned, this is one of the earliest, and most famous examples of the use of a computer to synthesize a human voice. It had a huge impact in the field of computer music, and was included in 2001: A Space Odyssey.

The first two links lead to copies of the song (and they're free!)

http://www.vortex.com/av#DAISY

http://audio.textfiles.com/sounds/daisy.mp3

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Mathews

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daisy_Bell

http://www.bell-labs.com/news/1997/march/5/2.html

I look forward to reading your book.

Thanks Again
Michael Hagan