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Blind over-optimistic analysts
in Sox First, on February 27, 2009
...ident has taken a laid-back view of bank stress. The stress tests, he says, just lack the necessary rigor to fix the diabolical problems. Unemployment, for example, drives expectations of future loan ...
TARP shortchanged taxpayers $78 billion
in Sox First, on February 7, 2009
...;s ridiculous (and lazy) "one-size-fits-all" approach to the problem and complete lack of rigor. The use of standardized documents likely contributed to Treasury's ability to obtain spe...
Windows 2008 R2 bites the dust
in The CIO Weblog, on August 18, 2008
...h and stick to a standard nomenclature for their products and versioning. Coding may be equal parts rigor and creativity, but either without the other results in weak results. This is kind of a weak a...
Auditor liability caps
in Sox First, on June 11, 2008
...is an issue of moral hazard here. Auditors should be held accountable and not having caps imposes a rigor and discipline on the profession. But now, as expected, caps are coming in. The European Comm...
Why business schools struggle to teach ethics
in Sox First, on June 26, 2007
...y curricula. The ethics courses forced me to begin to shape my values; studying logic exposed me to rigor and precision in thinking. And my mathematics professors taught me to see math as a process of...
More Presidents Boycotting U.S. News
in The Universities Weblog, on June 22, 2007
...assessments by competitors, selectivity and faculty resources. Critics say the ranking system lacks rigor and has had a harmful effect on educational priorities, encouraging colleges to do things like...
Got Self Imposed Barriers? Rigor Mortis of the Personality?
in Biz Plan Hacks, on April 10, 2007
... same thoughts, relating the same personal experiences, having the same predictable reactions ' rigor mortis of the personality has set in ." - General Douglas MacArthur ...
Southeastern Oklahoma State University Offers Comprehensive Online Degree
in The Online Universities Weblog, on January 9, 2007
..., "sometimes there is a myth that online classes are easy, or there's not as much academic rigor. What we've found and researched and looked at is actually online classes require more wor...
Call for liability caps
in Sox First, on October 9, 2006
The push by the big accounting firms to get more protection from damages claims has gained momentum with a study from London Economics. The study's perspective is for the European market but in a globalised economy, it would have broader implications. The research paper Study on the Econom...
Rigor in the Online Classroom: Practical Considerations
in The Online Universities Weblog, on June 30, 2006
...of three sign-on's per week. The question is whether this minimum achieves the desired academic rigor. If not, what can be done?
Rigor in Design
Careful course design should emphasize rigo...
The Bottom Line Of The Triple Bottom Line
in Sox First, on April 22, 2006
...ill, the problem with the triple bottom line is that it's hard to measure with the same sort of rigor that's applied to numbers. Hence my piece on triple bottom line spin .
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Do Advanced Placement Courses Slight Students?
in The Universities Weblog, on February 22, 2006
...- did only marginally better than students who had not taken AP courses. Other factors, such as the rigor of mathematics taken in high school, were found to have a strong impact on whether students di...
Parkinson: Hilfe durch Netzhaut-Implantate ins Hirn?
in Das Gesundheits-Weblog, on December 13, 2005
...nt, ist eine meist langsam fortschreitende Erkrankung des Gehirns, die durch Muskelsteifheit (Rigor), Schüttelbewegungen in Ruhe (Ruhetremor) und allgemeine Bewegungsarmut (Akinese oder Hypokinese) ge...
I may not defend my neighbor's television habits, but I defend to the death his right to watch it
in The Digital TV Weblog, on December 8, 2005
...ent would pay for most of the cost -- $50 to $60 -- of the converter boxes. But there is Republican rigor in this: Consumers would be required to pay $10. That is the conservatism in compassionate con...
The various factors of online degrees
in The Online Universities Weblog, on October 28, 2005
...ine colleges that promise "credit for life's experience" with little academic work or rigor are probably too good to be true and may backfire on you later.
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Ranking the Top Ten Universities: #7
in The Universities Weblog, on August 15, 2005
... world, unite. Actually they do in Hyde Park, home to the University of Chicago. Known for academic rigor and a no-nonsense approach to education, Chicago has produced some of the world's best thi...
Third Year of Law School Necessary?
in The Universities Weblog, on August 10, 2005
...ste of time , a way for law schools to bilk students out of more tuition, while others favor adding rigor to that final year.
So as some schools (not elite ones) are experimenting with a two-year l...
Nation's education schools failing to make the grade
in The Online Universities Weblog, on March 20, 2005
... the curriculums at schools of education , whether graduate or undergraduate, lacked academic rigor and were outdated, at times using materials decades older than the children whom teachers are ...
No Igloo left behind education
in The Online Universities Weblog, on November 14, 2004
...ons.
"Even in the smallest, most remote schools, you can start to provide equivalent academic rigor," said Chick Beckley, president of the Alaska Distance Learning Partnership, an organizat...
Journalism Schools Undergo Changes, Still Face Criticism
in The Universities Weblog, on September 29, 2004
... students to study issues in depth. The university's president is pushing the school to instill rigor, to elevate journalism education to the level of legal or medical studies. Fat chance.
On the...