The NY Times has a great article today, “Skills Don’t Pay the Bills” by Adam Davidson. It is a relief for me. Sometimes I feel like I’m screaming into the wind when I categorically refute the idea that more degrees equal more and better jobs. The article reminded me of a similar piece I bloggedRead More “Redux: If The Private Sector Wants a Perfect Employee, It Should Train One”
Yearly Archives: 2012
The Problem With For-Profits? The Education Assembly Line
My latest, co-written with the estimable Sara Goldrick-Rab, is hot off the presses at Contexts! It’s right on time with my Facing Race talk. There was some talk there that for-profits are on the decline after a University of Phoenix announced that they are closing almost half of their physical campuses. I would argue thatRead More “The Problem With For-Profits? The Education Assembly Line”
Mo’ Degrees, Mo’ Problems at Facing Race 2012
I am really honored that Julianne Hing invited me to speak about higher education, race, gender, and inequality at the Applied Research Center’s 2012 Facing Race conference. Not only did it afford me an opportunity to meet dozens of my twitter peeps but it reminded me that my work does not exist in a vacuum.Read More “Mo’ Degrees, Mo’ Problems at Facing Race 2012”
The Higher Education ‘Crisis’: Facing Race 2012
As I head out to speak at Facing Race 2012, I’m reviewing some of my thoughts about the nature of the higher education crisis that occupies the news lately. This is the presentation that hits the high points of my talk. To hear the whole thing you’ve got to make your way to Baltimore. But,Read More “The Higher Education ‘Crisis’: Facing Race 2012”
Why 2012 Is Not Like 2000
This post is my meta post-election round-up post. As such, it’s all over the place. Do with that as you will. First on my plate is the hand-wringing among many democrats that we all be magnanimous with this win. Beyond the appeal to a certain moral ethic, this is couched in grand allusions to karma:Read More “Why 2012 Is Not Like 2000”
But We Loved Our Black Nanny! Privilege Distress and State Violence
I actually really enjoyed the post on Privilege Distress. This is hard for some to believe on Twitter right now where I live-tweeted my visceral reaction to it. But I likes my reading like I likes mah menz: interesting and contrary. So my enjoyment may not look like everyone’s enjoyment. I should, perhaps, start byRead More “But We Loved Our Black Nanny! Privilege Distress and State Violence”
Digital Humanities: Egalitarian or Just A New Elite?
That’s the question I posed back during #twittergate. I refuse to stop using that tongue-in-cheek name out of pure, unadulterated spite at this point. The intentional myopia about what was always a snarky take on our part of the non-controversy controversy to the exclusion of the ideas we put forth is indicative of what sparkedRead More “Digital Humanities: Egalitarian or Just A New Elite?”
The Feminist Wire Forum on Black (Academic) Women’s Health
Black academic women and health can seem like a narrow topic living at the axis of too many intersections to be of interest to many people. And, that may be right. It would also be the point. I was asked two months ago to serve as guest editor of a two week forum on justRead More “The Feminist Wire Forum on Black (Academic) Women’s Health”
MIGRATED CONTENT: Devil in a Church Dress
Sometimes I have an occasion to migrate old blog content to this new space. Today, a comment from a regular tweep, @thetrudz (a phenomonal critical thinker and writer in her own right; see her here) about black women and church gave me an excuse to migrate this old piece. I’ve written this post before. I’veRead More “MIGRATED CONTENT: Devil in a Church Dress”