The widespread approval of the Bowen and Bok study may have much less to do with its statistical methods than with its politically correct conclusions. Then the authors triumphantly show that black students graduate at a higher rate on the campuses with the highest SAT scores. But there is less here than meets the eye. First of all, these are not comparisons among individual colleges and universities. Bryn Mawr, Duke, Princeton, Rice, Stanford, Swarthmore , Williams, and Yale are all lumped together as the top group with higher SATs. . . .
Conventional wisdom says that computers are a necessary tool for higher education.
Many colleges and universities these days require students to have personal computers, and some factor the cost of one into tuition. A number of colleges have put high-speed Internet connections in every dorm room. But there are good reasons to question the wisdom of this preoccupation with computers and the Internet. Take a walk through the residence halls of any college in the country and you'll find students seated at their desks, eyes transfixed on their computer monitors. By Nate Stulman Conventional wisdom says that computers are a necessary tool for higher education.