Education

Marie Talks About Graduating Her Son From High School to UL

What is the Goal of Education?

Currently in some circles there is this "new" idea, that education should serve workforce development. In this approach, the primary role of education is to produce workers for the economy-- in essence, employees. Not surprisingly, these arguments generally come from the business community.

Such an approach appears to be insufficient. First of all, if we are engaged in workforce development, then what workers are we developing? For which job shall we train workers? There is a popular slide show claiming that today's graduate will hold 10 to 14 jobs by age 38. What will those jobs be? And even if we knew what they would be, we couldn't possibly train for that many jobs. For which of them should we train our workers?

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Marie on the Joy of a Dangling Participle

Okay, so we’re sitting around talking, and two of my daughters are complaining about the way that their contemporaries use (or more properly, don’t use) the rules of grammar. They complained about dangling participles and ending sentences with prepositions…it was enough to make a homeschooling mother cry with joy on Mothers’ Day.

Are Colleges Too Liberal?

Recently, some conservative thinkers have taken up the criticism that our colleges are "too" liberal. How do colleges match up against influential conservative strongholds? And isn't it the very purpose of a good University to be liberal?

Marie's Blog: Textbooks, and Geometry

Marie continues with her insights about life & homeschooling.

Marie's Blog

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Teachers as Heroes

Teachers work against bureaucracies, the courts, parents, and a chronic lack of resources. Our teachers protect and teach the most important part of our community. Why don't we treat them like it?

Marie on Home School Tax Breaks, Science Textbooks

As attorney, mother, and home-schooler, Marie talks about home schooling and her life.

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Interview with Basketball's Robert Lee

Ragin' Cajuns Head Basketball Coach Robert Lee talks with ultoday.com about coaching, kids, Lafayette, and building a program the right way.

Dr. Ted Kozman, Director of The Industrial Assesment Center

Before coming to UL, Ted Kozman was Project Director for the largest superconductor magnets ever built. He now teaches at UL, and advises Louisiana industry on how to make their facilities more energy efficient. He directs The Industrial Assessment Center, which was just named a National Center of Excellence by the US Department of Energy.

Interview with Dr. Billy Ray Stokes, Part I

ultoday.com interviewed Dr. Stokes, the man charged with developing and directing the Cecil J. Picard Center for Child Development, soon to begin construction in the UL Research Park. In the first half of the interview, Dr. Stokes talks about the progress of the Center to date.

Dr. Julia Frederick, Director of UL's Honor Program

UL's Honors Program is the largest in Louisiana, and perennially sweeps awards at the state's annual Honors Convocation, including the Quiz Bowl Trophy. As is true of so many of UL's programs, Honors is built from, and on, a very different foundation than traditional universities use, one of service and inclusion: to the students it serves, to the University as a whole, to the community, and to the world.

Interview with Elizabeth Brooks

A few years ago, a student stepped up to work towards making the UL "Horse Farm" a public park for the whole community. While a fierce argument raged through the community, fueled by divisive media commentary, the student heading the effort was meeting politely with President Authément, who welcomed both the student activism and the independence of thought and diversity of opinion, with the open-mindedness, tolerance, and collegiality that the life of the mind demands. She talks about her experiences with ultoday.com.