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Quants at the Gate: The Unique Education of Actuaries
Jay A. Halfond and Lois K. Horwitz
August 27, 2012
Universities typically emerge as gatekeepers of the professions, by wresting control over the training and certification that is required. The process generally begins outside academe—with apprenticeships and voluntary associations—and evolves toward a new norm of academic credit and degrees. Faculty then become the experts who determine the body of knowledge budding professionals need to know ...
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Tags: acturies, Boston University, Jay A. Halfond, Lois K. Horwitz, Metropolitan College | 2 Comments
Don’t Sweat the Big Stuff: Academic Innovation in all Shapes and Sizes
Jay A. Halfond
April 5, 2011
To listen as many of us incessantly complain, one would think academe is chronically resistant to change, new ideas and innovative programs. We often hear the smaller the stakes, the greater the petty battles—no opportunity is too minute to stall and impede. Before tenure, junior faculty need to be protected while they build their publications ...
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Tags: Boston University, BU, David Riesman, faculty, faculty veto group, Helmut Schmidt, Jay A. Halfond, Metropolitan College, Richard Florida, tenure, Thomas Edison, Willie Wonka | 1 Comment
Distance Learning 2.0: It Will Take a Village
Jay A. Halfond
January 17, 2011
Last month, I suggested we separate hype from reality—not so much to criticize distance learning, but to seek an even higher ideal. Much of what is thrust under the umbrella of distance learning isn’t conducted at much distance, isn’t well supported and limits opportunities for institution-wide collaboration and innovation. ...
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Tags: Boston University, distance, distance learning, Jay A. Halfond, learning | 2 Comments
Buying Access to Ivy—A Way to Revive Harvard
Jay A. Halfond
June 4, 2010
Of the many, many articles written on Harvard University’s endowment woes, I have yet to read one actually sympathetic with Harvard. Perhaps this reflects our gleeful voyeurism when the high-and-mighty fall, or sense of justice that the reckless should pay for their recklessness, or belief that no university truly needs or deserves such a large ...
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Tags: Admissions, Boston University, endowment, Harvard University, Jay A. Halfond, Metropolitan College and Extended Education | No Comments
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