Brad Delong on Robots

The rise of the robots.

A College Degree Pays Off Far Faster Than It Used To

From WSJ.

Creativity and Discipline

Why tough teachers get good results? from WSJ.

I like this:

"Meanwhile, American students struggle with complex math problems because, as research makes abundantly clear, they lack fluency in basic addition and subtraction—and few of them were made to memorize their times tables."

"The bottom line, Prof. Weisberg told me, is that creativity goes back in many ways to the basics. "You have to immerse yourself in a discipline before you create in that discipline. It is built on a foundation of learning the discipline, which is what your music teacher was requiring of you."

Heckman on Early Childhood Education

Lifelines for poor children form NYT.

For Undergraduate Business Education

From Chronicle of Higher Education.
Employers want to hire 22-year-olds who can write coherently, think creatively, and analyze quantitative data.

Mankiw's Advise to Students

Here.

A College Degree Will Help Your Marriage

Read this report.

Econ Major is Good, Again!

Econ major is very good and rewarding as usual.

Will Higher Education Be the Next Bubble to Burst?

Here.
And Tuition Ammunition: a Happy Lesson on Lending from WSJ.