It's all about the tolerance, Chris, the *tolerance*. Being closed-minded is *so* 50's.
Heh. I believe the adage is about "a *foolish* consistency," not consistency in general. I think we could use a little more consistency. m ------ "There is no power for change greater than a community discovering what it cares about." -- Margaret Wheatley -----Original Message----- From: Christopher D. Green [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 7:39 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Inside Higher Ed :: Challenging the Measures of Success The President of Cal St.- Long Beach explains why graduation rates are a lousy measure of a school's success: "Everyone knows that to get your graduation rate up, the best way to do that is turn away all the academically challenged students and there is evidence of this all over the United States." (Of course, the "other" way is to drop standards but, oddly, he doesn't mention that strategy.) More on all of this (and why CSLB might be better than Princeton) at: http://insidehighered.com/news/2007/06/06/rates Regards, Chris Green Toronto, Canada --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang= english --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=english
