Who Are You Calling a Vocational School? In Defense of Maine Maritime
by John Tierney
Holy cow. Now my blood pressure was rising, and I didn’t even have a dog in this fight. I didn’t go to MMA; I just wrote about it. But I resented – on behalf of Maine Maritime Academy and its students and faculty, past and present – the smug, arrogant condescension of her reply. (Read it here.)
Category Archives: Community Colleges and Career-Technical Schools
An Educational Surprise From Down East: The Maine Maritime Academy
An Educational Surprise From Down East: The Maine Maritime Academy
by John Tierney
How a school you’ve (probably) never heard of is preparing students for good jobs. (Read it here.)
What Would an Ideal College Look Like? A Lot Like This
What Would an Ideal College Look Like? A Lot Like This
by John Tierney
While you’re busy designing your version of the ideal, I can take a nap or go fishing, because somebody has already built mine: Champlain College. (Read it here.)
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