Sunday, August 15, 2010

Re: Tim Ferriss Scam! Practical Tactics for Dealing with Haters

"I elaborated on a few points in an interview in the Netherlands with Amy-Mae Elliot, who originally posted them on Mashable in her piece Tim Ferriss: 7 Great Principles for Dealing with Haters..."


Tim Ferriss keynote The Next Web Conference 2010 - Love the Haters from Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten on Vimeo.

The Pharmacist is in

In Health Shift, More Patients Get Pharmacist’s Appointment - NYTimes.com

Sunday, August 1, 2010

Senate Hearing on For-Profits to Feature Video of Government Undercover Investigation

Chronicle of Higher Education

July 29, 2010

Senate Hearing on For-Profits to Feature Video of Government Undercover Investigation
By Kelly Field

Washington

Government investigators will testify at a Senate hearing on Wednesday about an undercover inquiry into recruiting practices at for-profit colleges.

The hearing will feature video of college recruiters and admissions officers talking to the investigators, who were posing as students, Democratic aides told The Chronicle.

The aides would not say what the investigation, conducted by the Government Accountability Office, had found, only that it included a "nationally ...





Hearing on For-Profits to Feature Video of Government Undercover Investigation - Government - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Thursday, July 29, 2010

NYT Editorial: Who Profits? Who Learns?

28JULY2010

Enrollment at for-profit colleges and trade schools has tripled in the last decade to about 1.8 million, or nearly 10 percent of the nation’s higher education students. These schools, partly because they serve poorer students who need more support, receive almost a quarter of the federal aid. This year, federal financing for financial aid is expected to total $145 billion.

Some for-profits provide an important service for students who don’t qualify academically for traditional colleges. Too many have been cited for enrolling students who have no chance of graduating and tossing them out once that flow of aid is exhausted.

The Obama administration is right to ...




Editorial - Who Profits? Who Learns? - NYTimes.com