There is one question that animates the sociology of education more than any other: how do we explain and predict the difference in outcomes among black and white students in the post Civil Rights era of greater equality of opportunity? Sure, we talk about Hispanic and Asian students but really they are often deployedRead More “The Limits of Education Reform: A Road Paved With the “Best Intentions”?”
Monthly Archives: January 2016
Sportsball and For-Profit Legitimacy
My colleague Jon Becker sent me a story today about for-profit Grand Canyon’s (GCU) run in college sports. In it, Michael Reinrab, summarizes a recent GCU tournament run and the controversy around a for-profit college playing in a traditional not-for-profit sports league: Maybe that’s true, and maybe it isn’t, because what makes Grand Canyon suchRead More “Sportsball and For-Profit Legitimacy”
Upcoming Events: D.C. Bound
If you are in the D.C. area, I will be to this week. On Wednesday Jan. 20th, I am at a White House convening to discuss community college research. And on Saturday Jan. 23 I am delivering a morning keynote on e-portfolios and diverse learners at the annual AAC&U conference. I’m super honored on bothRead More “Upcoming Events: D.C. Bound”
When Your Curriculum Has Been Tumblrized
I teach three core courses: an undergraduate seminar in race, a graduate seminar in race, and a graduate seminar in digital sociology. This post is about my experience teaching the first. My academic training is in political economies and inequalities. My intellectual training has always emerged from and been filtered through an intersectional framework. That’s how I endRead More “When Your Curriculum Has Been Tumblrized”