I taught two sections of Critical Reasoning per semester at Yonsei University UIC for the past three semesters. Due to the pandemic, the first of the three was fully online. The second was a blended format, with lectures delivered online and discussion held in-person. The third was fully in-person. Each discussion meetings had as its... Continue Reading →
The PGR’s Biggest Fluctuations in Mean Scores
The following is a brief analysis of the Institutions whose mean scores swung the most since the 2006 PGR. Which Institutions saw the largest change in its overall mean score since 2006? Yale University (2021 overall rank 6) had a spread of 1-point over a cumulative increase in its mean score since 2006, which is... Continue Reading →
Introducing the PGR Database Project
Upon making some progress with my Visualizing the Philosophical Gourmet Report (PGR) project using Excel and Tableau, I've decided to create a relational database of all the publicly-available PGR data and document the process on a new page: The PGR Database Project. The goal of both projects is to increase accessibility and utility of the... Continue Reading →