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”
The IFC Helps Private Equity Expand Into Global HigherEd “Markets”
Today’s interesting tidbit comes from University World News: “Today’s globalised world requires high quality and relevance of post-secondary education…to ensure that youth have the necessary soft and hard skills and tools to meet the dynamic needs of the private sector and market-driven economies in most countries,” Tsitsiragos said. “But it is a ‘chicken and egg’Read More “The IFC Helps Private Equity Expand Into Global HigherEd “Markets””
Is College For Everyone?
That was the question the NY Times asked this week: This week, the Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum said that it was snobbish to think that everyone should aspire to go to college because some people have skills and interests that aren’t academic. But is enough done to help those people secure income without higherRead More “Is College For Everyone?”
A Flashback Inspired by Occupy Education
I wrote the following last summer and I continue to stand by it. It’s radical. It’s a little crazy. It is most definitely illegal. In short, it’s a reflection of my thinking in general. I thought to re-post it after following the Occupy Education turn that Occupy Wall Street has taken this week. If yourRead More “A Flashback Inspired by Occupy Education”