I guess the issue in their analysis is that they are trying to predict MIT grade success, which is possibly another flawed metric. If say exams at MIT resembled SAT, it seems more logical that you'd find a correlation between SAT success and MIT academic success.
What would be a more interesting measure of real value is to study for academic innovation and invention (valuable to society), as well as future success on the job market or at new business ventures (valuable to the student and economy).
I'm making the assumption here that since we have limited educational resources, we'd want to provide the best education to those most likely to advance an academic field through new discovery or insight or invention, as well as those who'd best innovate or provide for existing business and services to society.
And I'm curious if we've ever had any study looking into that? Or if this one did?
What would be a more interesting measure of real value is to study for academic innovation and invention (valuable to society), as well as future success on the job market or at new business ventures (valuable to the student and economy).
I'm making the assumption here that since we have limited educational resources, we'd want to provide the best education to those most likely to advance an academic field through new discovery or insight or invention, as well as those who'd best innovate or provide for existing business and services to society.
And I'm curious if we've ever had any study looking into that? Or if this one did?