From reader Paul O’Keef: Architectural Record reports that India’s richest man is building a sixty-story house for his family, including six floors for parking, a health club and a rooftop helipad.
The University of Georgia is offering a new incentive to make student-athletes show up for class: fining them $10 per unexcused absence. In the policy’s first month, the number of skipped classes dropped 90%, with more than 50% of student-athletes earning a semester GPA of 3.0 or better for the first time ever. (Hat tip: Jon Speilburg.)
This week, BusinessWeek takes a closer look at the economics of offshoring, concluding that the growing shift of jobs and production overseas may be less beneficial to the U.S. economy than previously thought. The problem, argues author Michael Mandel, lies in the so-called “phantom GDP” that’s created as a result of reporting gains that don’t correspond to domestic production.
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that the growing shift of jobs and production overseas may be less beneficial to the U.S. economy than previously thought.
Hey, now they tell us!
that the growing shift of jobs and production overseas may be less beneficial to the U.S. economy than previously thought.
Hey, now they tell us!
The story about UGA is good, don’t get me wrong, but there’s a major problem with the credibility of one of the stats:
In a three-week period in January, student-athletes missed 46 classes or academic appointments, a 90 percent drop from 421 over a three-week period in September.
The problem, of course, is that the collegiate football season runs during the fall. Missing courses to participate in mandatory and “optional” team practices, as well as travel for games, is one reason the truancy rate is astronomical for athletes in the fall. (Yes, there are practices in the spring and summer as well, but to a lesser extent.)
The story about UGA is good, don’t get me wrong, but there’s a major problem with the credibility of one of the stats:
In a three-week period in January, student-athletes missed 46 classes or academic appointments, a 90 percent drop from 421 over a three-week period in September.
The problem, of course, is that the collegiate football season runs during the fall. Missing courses to participate in mandatory and “optional” team practices, as well as travel for games, is one reason the truancy rate is astronomical for athletes in the fall. (Yes, there are practices in the spring and summer as well, but to a lesser extent.)
Hey Melissa, that Indian house is real interesting. But the article you linked it to is a blog of real poor quality. The first sentence is one giant run-on & I think it’s missing a verb. At the end, the blogger makes an uneccessary comment on immigration. You might want to change your link to a legitimate news source. This url appears to be the source for most of the bloggers information anyway: http://www.wtkr.com/Global/story.asp?S=6611355&nav=ZolHbyvj
Hey Melissa, that Indian house is real interesting. But the article you linked it to is a blog of real poor quality. The first sentence is one giant run-on & I think it’s missing a verb. At the end, the blogger makes an uneccessary comment on immigration. You might want to change your link to a legitimate news source. This url appears to be the source for most of the bloggers information anyway: http://www.wtkr.com/Global/story.asp?S=6611355&nav=ZolHbyvj
THWG!
That said, I would also like to see the class attendance figures over a year. Seasonality could be significant, and football teams are very large.
THWG!
That said, I would also like to see the class attendance figures over a year. Seasonality could be significant, and football teams are very large.