Declining by Degrees: Higher Education at Risk looks like it will be an interesting PBS show on higher education. It is modeled on the report "A Nation at Risk" which greatly influenced the current assessment processes in K-12 education such as FCAT.
I can't tell you exactly when it will be on, since PBS stations set their own schedules. Some people have said that WLRN will show it 9:00 PM - 11:00 PM today (Thursday) as well as at later times, but I cannot find it on their schedule at http://www.wlrn.org/. I found it on the WPBT schedule at http://www.channel2.org/ for 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM on Sunday.
Declining by Degrees: Higher Education at RiskHow good is higher education in America?In this revealing documentary, veteran correspondent John Merrow takes you behind the ivy-covered walls of our colleges and universities to see if they are delivering on their promise.(From the http://www.decliningbydegrees.org/ web site)“Something is seriously wrong” on college campuses in the U.S., asserts education journalist John Merrow, who outlines problems in higher education as he visits the Universities of Arizona and Western Kentucky, Amherst (Mass.) College.
(From the program description on the wpbt web site.)
RELATED LINKS
The Carnegie Foundation article by co-editor John Merrow with an attached discussion board:The Chronicle of Higher Education review, "Whining View of Higher Education" in the June 17 issue:(access restricted to subscribers) http://chronicle.com/weekly/v51/i41/41b01101.htmInterview with Richard Hersch, former president of Trinity College and co-editor of the book:The book which spawned the documentary:
Bill Vilberg
Associate Director of the Instructional Advancement Center (new title!)
