Making Minds Matter with Bill Costello » Travels http://makingmindsmatter.com Bill Costello’s analysis of current events. Sun, 16 Oct 2011 09:58:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The Erosion of American Higher Education http://makingmindsmatter.com/2010/10/05/the-erosion-of-american-higher-education/ http://makingmindsmatter.com/2010/10/05/the-erosion-of-american-higher-education/#comments Tue, 05 Oct 2010 05:33:51 +0000 Bill Costello http://makingmindsmatter.com/?p=2514 In America, the cost of higher education has been rising faster than inflation and health care costs for more than two decades.

Money Magazine calculated that college tuition rose by 439 percent from 1982-2007.

According to Mark C. Taylor, author of Crisis on Campus: A Bold Plan for Reforming Our Colleges and Universities, four years at a [...]]]> http://makingmindsmatter.com/2010/10/05/the-erosion-of-american-higher-education/feed/ 1 My Japan Trip, Part XV http://makingmindsmatter.com/2010/08/07/my-japan-trip-part-xv/ http://makingmindsmatter.com/2010/08/07/my-japan-trip-part-xv/#comments Sat, 07 Aug 2010 02:04:04 +0000 Bill Costello http://makingmindsmatter.com/?p=2326 Bill Costello visits the University of Tokyo.

]]> http://makingmindsmatter.com/2010/08/07/my-japan-trip-part-xv/feed/ 0 My Japan Trip, Part XIV http://makingmindsmatter.com/2010/08/06/my-japan-trip-part-xiv/ http://makingmindsmatter.com/2010/08/06/my-japan-trip-part-xiv/#comments Fri, 06 Aug 2010 02:01:28 +0000 Bill Costello http://makingmindsmatter.com/?p=2324 Bill Costello visits the Osaka Castle.

]]> http://makingmindsmatter.com/2010/08/06/my-japan-trip-part-xiv/feed/ 0 My Japan Trip, Part XIII http://makingmindsmatter.com/2010/08/05/my-japan-trip-part-xiii/ http://makingmindsmatter.com/2010/08/05/my-japan-trip-part-xiii/#comments Thu, 05 Aug 2010 01:30:45 +0000 Bill Costello http://makingmindsmatter.com/?p=2322 Bill Costello visits the Floating Garden Observatory  in Osaka.

]]> http://makingmindsmatter.com/2010/08/05/my-japan-trip-part-xiii/feed/ 0 My Japan Trip, Part XII http://makingmindsmatter.com/2010/08/04/my-japan-trip-part-xii/ http://makingmindsmatter.com/2010/08/04/my-japan-trip-part-xii/#comments Wed, 04 Aug 2010 01:01:01 +0000 Bill Costello http://makingmindsmatter.com/?p=2320 Bill Costello visits Osaka University.

]]> http://makingmindsmatter.com/2010/08/04/my-japan-trip-part-xii/feed/ 0 My Japan Trip, Part XI http://makingmindsmatter.com/2010/08/03/my-japan-trip-part-xi/ http://makingmindsmatter.com/2010/08/03/my-japan-trip-part-xi/#comments Tue, 03 Aug 2010 00:51:37 +0000 Bill Costello http://makingmindsmatter.com/?p=2318 Bill Costello visits Kasuga-taisha in Nara.

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]]> http://makingmindsmatter.com/2010/08/02/my-japan-trip-part-x/feed/ 0 My Japan Trip, Part IX http://makingmindsmatter.com/2010/08/01/my-japan-trip-part-ix/ http://makingmindsmatter.com/2010/08/01/my-japan-trip-part-ix/#comments Sun, 01 Aug 2010 00:44:18 +0000 Bill Costello http://makingmindsmatter.com/?p=2314 Bill Costello visits Todai-ji in Nara.

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]]> http://makingmindsmatter.com/2010/07/31/my-japan-trip-part-viii/feed/ 0 My Japan Trip, Part VII http://makingmindsmatter.com/2010/07/30/my-japan-trip-part-vii/ http://makingmindsmatter.com/2010/07/30/my-japan-trip-part-vii/#comments Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:30:35 +0000 Bill Costello http://makingmindsmatter.com/?p=2308 Bill Costello visits Kinkaku-ji in Kyoto.

]]> http://makingmindsmatter.com/2010/07/30/my-japan-trip-part-vii/feed/ 0 My Japan Trip, Part VI http://makingmindsmatter.com/2010/07/29/my-japan-trip-part-vi/ http://makingmindsmatter.com/2010/07/29/my-japan-trip-part-vi/#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 01:23:03 +0000 Bill Costello http://makingmindsmatter.com/?p=2305 Bill Costello visits Nijo Castle in Kyoto.

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]]> http://makingmindsmatter.com/2010/07/28/my-japan-trip-part-v/feed/ 0 My Japan Trip, Part IV http://makingmindsmatter.com/2010/07/27/my-japan-trip-part-iv/ http://makingmindsmatter.com/2010/07/27/my-japan-trip-part-iv/#comments Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:51:33 +0000 Bill Costello http://makingmindsmatter.com/?p=2295 Bill Costello visits Kiyomizu-dera in Kyoto.

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]]> http://makingmindsmatter.com/2010/07/26/my-japan-trip-part-iii/feed/ 0 My Japan Trip, Part II http://makingmindsmatter.com/2010/07/25/my-japan-trip-part-ii/ http://makingmindsmatter.com/2010/07/25/my-japan-trip-part-ii/#comments Sun, 25 Jul 2010 00:45:23 +0000 Bill Costello http://makingmindsmatter.com/?p=2291 Bill Costello visits the Kyoto Tower.

]]> http://makingmindsmatter.com/2010/07/25/my-japan-trip-part-ii/feed/ 0 My Japan Trip, Part I http://makingmindsmatter.com/2010/07/24/my-japan-trip-part-i/ http://makingmindsmatter.com/2010/07/24/my-japan-trip-part-i/#comments Sat, 24 Jul 2010 01:40:12 +0000 Bill Costello http://makingmindsmatter.com/?p=2287 Bill Costello visits Kyoto University.

]]> http://makingmindsmatter.com/2010/07/24/my-japan-trip-part-i/feed/ 0 The Extra Box Asians Must Think Outside Of http://makingmindsmatter.com/2010/07/22/the-extra-box-asians-must-think-outside-of/ http://makingmindsmatter.com/2010/07/22/the-extra-box-asians-must-think-outside-of/#comments Thu, 22 Jul 2010 01:05:37 +0000 Bill Costello http://makingmindsmatter.com/?p=2256 One significant way Asian cultures differ from Western cultures is that group identity is more important than individual identity. This factor limits the ability of Asians to “think outside the box.”

I’ve had the opportunity to learn much about group identity in Asian cultures while living in Japan over the past year and a half and [...]]]> http://makingmindsmatter.com/2010/07/22/the-extra-box-asians-must-think-outside-of/feed/ 0 My Vietnam Trip, Part XXXVIII http://makingmindsmatter.com/2010/07/21/my-vietnam-trip-part-xxxviii/ http://makingmindsmatter.com/2010/07/21/my-vietnam-trip-part-xxxviii/#comments Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:21:48 +0000 Bill Costello http://makingmindsmatter.com/?p=2247 Bill Costello visits the Dau Go Cave in Ha Long Bay.

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