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Diary of a Mad Law Professor

By Patricia J. Williams

This article appeared in the April 21, 2008 edition of The Nation.

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  • Another potentially alarming aspect of this approach to higher education lies in the way it might be applied to elite universities versus public institutions.

    I cannot imagine that Harvard's students will be required to show how much value their degrees have added (it's Harvard - that's the whole point) as compared to the students I teach at an urban public institution.

    Will this be another way that elite schools are able to privilege their students?

    J.M. Lanza

    Detroit, MI

    04/09/2008 @ 5:28pm


  • I think you have put your finger on the pulse. After thirty six years in education I absolutely agree.

    The biggest difficult is that "subtract what they know on graduation from what they knew on entrance", is simple and creates a testing industry that is virtually useless as a predictor, but simple to apply and easy to collect fees for.

    Look at what we have for a government, and check out Bill Gates.

    James Pinette

    Caribou, Maine

    04/04/2008 @ 8:04pm


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