I commend the Times for at least acknowledging the anniversary of Brown v. Board this week, but I take some issue with the conclusions opinion writer David L. Kirp makes. A quick conversation with the essay: AMID the ceaseless and cacophonous debates about how to close the achievement gap, we’ve turned away from one toolRead More “Add White Kids and Stir is Not Good Education Policy”
Yearly Archives: 2012
The Case of The Chronicle of Higher Education
I had about as much intention of rehashing this as I ever have any intention of buying generic breakfast cereal. But unlike King Vitamin some things beg to be reconsidered. After a rather unseemly lack of professional judgement led the Chronicle of Higher Education to defend Naomi Schaefer Riley’s attack on black studies, in general,Read More “The Case of The Chronicle of Higher Education”
Tweeting with CHE
What A Long Strange Trip It’s Been…
When I pulled off the highway during rush hour traffic to type out a response to Schaefer Riley’s attack on my iPad* I was being self-serving. I was serving MY indignation, my anger, my disappointment. I hit publish and within an hour it became clear that I was not the only one indignant, angry, orRead More “What A Long Strange Trip It’s Been…”
The Inferiority of Blackness as a Subject
I am writing this very quickly while on the side of Interstate 20. I am also struggling mightily to not use my colorful repertoire of insanely rhythmic and appropriate curse words. Thank me later. Today The Chronicle of Higher Education published a blog entry from Naomi Schaefer Riley entitled “The Most Persuasive Case for EliminatingRead More “The Inferiority of Blackness as a Subject”
Protecting the Military from For-Profits…What About The Rest of Us?
It’s the end of the semester (EOS) so this will be brief and I make no promises of cogency. The President has been talking about college and debt a lot lately. Many of us who have been talking about this for years welcome him to the conversation. I, for one, hope that we can eventuallyRead More “Protecting the Military from For-Profits…What About The Rest of Us?”
Chopping It Up on Twitter With Joe Biden
I roll like that now. So, this is a real thing that happened. Trapped between teaching my class and going to my next class I see a planned chat with the Vice President of the United States, Joe Biden, starting on twitter. Lo and behold he wants to talk about college affordability. Well, I wroteRead More “Chopping It Up on Twitter With Joe Biden”
Project Rose: What Language Says About Legitimacy
You may or may not know that my own research is concerned with the legitimacy of for-profit higher education, particularly what that legitimacy means for outcomes and structural opportunity. So maybe you can imagine that the Chronicle article this week about “Project Rose” is one of my favoritest things in recent memory. The piece, byRead More “Project Rose: What Language Says About Legitimacy”
The Devil You Don’t Know…
NOTE: This is previously published. I continue to migrate former content to the site. I still stand by this one even as I work to figure out how to address these questions. It is no secret that I come from a colorful, Southern people. Among those folks there’s a saying that the Devil you knowRead More “The Devil You Don’t Know…”
The Politics of Profit: Former Republican Congressman Joins For-Profit Industry
Inside Higher Ed reported this week: Steve Gunderson is determined to stay positive as the leader of for-profit colleges’ primary trade group. It won’t be easy. The former Republican Congressman from Wisconsin will need to use all the political persuasiveness he picked up during 16 years as a moderate dealmaker on Capitol Hill —Read More “The Politics of Profit: Former Republican Congressman Joins For-Profit Industry”