A connection?

There may be a connection between these articles, one a book review and the other a front page article from a recent Sunday New York Times.  I think there is.  What do you think?

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/10/books/review/college-by-andrew-delbanco.html?ref=bookreviews

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/10/education/seeking-academic-edge-teenagers-abuse-stimulants.html

I've often wondered why health care costs go up exponentially

I've heard that the reason that health care costs increase at such a great rate has something to do with the lack of adherence to medical advice, including when or how strictly prescription medication is taken.  I know if people would follow preventive health care practices that often they wouldn't wait until their health would be so compromised that going to the E.R. would be the only way to get better.

I was reading an opinion piece in The New York Times over the weekend titled, "Why Medical Bills Are Such a Mystery."  The basic premise is best summed up by the following statement: "We don’t know what it costs to deliver health care to individual patients, much less how those costs compare to the outcomes achieved."

Please read the full opinion piece at
http://tinyurl.com/7mrboyu
and let me know what you think. 

Computer industry "ripe" for funding requests

In my Institutional Effectiveness Committee meeting that I chaired on Thursday, February 16th, we had two items on our agenda: the first was plans for the Southeast Campus and the second had to do with a discussion on approaching the computer industry for funding.

With the recent article surrounding Apple's cash holdings, this may be the best time for defining why the computer industry should support City College. Companies such as Salesforce.com, Twitter, Zynga, Facebook, Yahoo, Google, Intel, and Hewlett Packard should be on the list. And, the Computer History donors' list should be given an in-depth review (see
http://www.computerhistory.org/contribute/ and http://www.computerhistory.org/contribute/corporate/).

With the recent devastating loss of State funding, CCSF must look to the private sector to make up some of the lost revenue. I'll do my best to make certain that all avenues are explored.