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Monthly Archives: April 2013
For-Profit Colleges: Organized for Urgency and Social “Pain”? SSS 2013
As has become my custom, I am posting my presentation slides ahead of the presentation that those so inclined can choose to not take notes. This is my first presentation on this data — my own data — and the project is not yet complete. This is also my first big sociology room! We’ll seeRead More “For-Profit Colleges: Organized for Urgency and Social “Pain”? SSS 2013″
Race and Grad School, Redux
I have had many interesting discussions about my essay on race, reality and “don’t go!” graduate school advice. I thank the Chronicle of Higher Ed for picking it up. I revised their printing with a clear statement that, I hoped, responded to comments I had already received on my blog: This is not an argumentRead More “Race and Grad School, Redux”
Social Media and Academia Presentation: With A Little Help From My Friends
Today I am joining the Institute for Liberal Arts to give a presentation to doctoral students about social media. It’s not something I have ever thought of as an area of expertise, but I’ve now been asked to do something similar about a dozen times. I lean heavily on my amazing friends, virtual and “real”Read More “Social Media and Academia Presentation: With A Little Help From My Friends”
And A Child Will Lead Them: Aamira Fetuga and Suzy Lee Weiss
When Suzy Lee Weiss wrote her now infamous, high profile screed about how diversity initiatives in college admissions unfairly penalize white middle class kids who don’t have the good fortune of gay moms, Indian headresses or African poverty, I condemned the Wall Street Journal for running it. My thinking is that permanent records of ourRead More “And A Child Will Lead Them: Aamira Fetuga and Suzy Lee Weiss”
Understanding HigherEd By “Re-Visioning Emory”
I had the great honor of participating in a unique symposium event at Emory University last night. The event was student led, faculty guided, interdisciplinary, and courageously reflective. The organizers were kind to work with my last minute schedule disruptions (Atlanta traffic!) and I benefited greatly from the smart, entertaining, engaging dialogue. A student fromRead More “Understanding HigherEd By “Re-Visioning Emory””
The Power of Thinking in Public
I write a lot but I do not often post my core academic work on my blog. I especially do not often do it when the work is still very much in the formative stages. However, my recent unpacking of prestige and for-profit colleges needed some crowdsourcing. So, after a marathon writing session of aRead More “The Power of Thinking in Public”
Blanket “Don’t Go To Graduate School!” Advice Ignores Race and Reality?
When I decided to return to graduate school I was about as devoid of prestige as one can be. I was old, from a no-name undergraduate university (worse, maybe, an HBCU!), I lacked social capital, my undergraduate performance was fine but not stellar, and I did not know the difference between sociology and anthropology. Fortunately,Read More “Blanket “Don’t Go To Graduate School!” Advice Ignores Race and Reality?”
How I Ended Up Constructing An Elite For-Profit College
It is a thought exercise. It is one I have resisted but that my advisers have pushed me to tangle with. I brought it up to Kevin Kinser recently on Twitter and he said he would read ramblings on trying to reconcile quality and profit. It has also be presented to me as a moneyRead More “How I Ended Up Constructing An Elite For-Profit College”
Lean In Litmus Test: Is This For Women Who Can Cry At Work?
I have reasons for not leaning in with Sheryl Sandberg. Kate Losse writes a great, insightful piece that situates Sandburg’s book in the neo-liberal corporate ethos that dominates some feminist traditions. That is one reason I am not so interested in the book. The less erudite reason I am not interested is that it failsRead More “Lean In Litmus Test: Is This For Women Who Can Cry At Work?”