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FRESH IDEAS IN HIGHER EDUCATION: MORE BRAIN INJURIES

1/9/2016

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MMargaret Spellings, the newly-named President of the University of North Carolina has not yet started her job, but she already has a fresh idea about improving the university system, according to the News and Observer: “Like any new leader, I want to make sure that if we’re going to play NFL ball – it’s the term I keep using – we need to make sure we have the best players fielded on the team, internally …”
 
“Internally,” did she say? So maybe she’s not thinking of the NFL’s reputation regarding transparency, accountability or organizational integrity, but about what happens inside the heads of many NFL r players.  If so, we can look forward to replicating throughout the University the lasting damage from concussion among NFL players, at least 87 of whom have experienced serious brain injuries, according to Frontline.  

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JiminNC
1/11/2016 08:37:02 am

Forget the football metaphor: concentrate on The Boston Consulting Group.

From a 2012 blog post:

"the Boston Consulting Group was paid over $1 million in private funds to draft a short little paper recommending the privatization of a large number of public schools in Philadelphia. It was also hired (not sure the price tag) to draft the plan for the Transition Planning Commission that merges the schools of Memphis and Shelby County, moving a large number of children and $212 million into private hands."

http://dianeravitch.net/2012/07/12/what-is-the-boston-consulting-group/

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