Per a notice from Facebook please note the following is happening Monday, Sept 17th at Noon in the Quad at Emory University: Discussion of LGS decisions Public Event · By Luke Donahue Monday 12:00pm Dear all: there will be a meeting on the quad at noon on Monday to mobilize andRead More “Emory University Students Plan Meeting to Discuss Program Cuts: Details”
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Emory University’s Program Cuts Get Ahead of The Curve
I had a plan for the next blog post which rarely happens. I’m a one-and-done kinda girl on this space. I write it when I write it and I move on. I rarely plan or edit, which is likely obvious but whatever. But this week a minor kerfuffle at law school blog Above the LawRead More “Emory University’s Program Cuts Get Ahead of The Curve”
Do School Vouchers Impact Outcomes for African American Students? Not So Fast.
I had the good fortune to be in the right place at the right time when Sara Goldrick-Rab, Sociologist and UW-Madison professor, took her first look at a provocative Brookings report on school vouchers. The study concluded that an experiment conducted among participants in the New York School Choice Scholarships Foundation Program had no overallRead More “Do School Vouchers Impact Outcomes for African American Students? Not So Fast.”
Reckless Theorizing Without A Net: Women, Blogging, and Power
Two things prompted the rampant display of theorizing you’re about to see unfold in real time. One was a chance conversation with a group of powerful, accomplished women academics. The second was an article that came across my twitter feed about women bloggers. The conversation with the women academics was not too uncommon for meRead More “Reckless Theorizing Without A Net: Women, Blogging, and Power”
Sociology and the “Queen of Versailles”
I am a bit of a documentary film fan. It’s a recent development so don’t ask me my feelings on “Paris is Burning” or “Tongues United”. I tend to start at “Hoop Dreams” and “Roger & Me” and work my way forward. It took 45 seconds of the “Queen of Versailles” trailer for me toRead More “Sociology and the “Queen of Versailles””
All the data in the world seems incapable of stopping this anecdotal juggernaut.
From the end-user side the meta-deta and format comments on this great post make the most sense. Like many people, I rely upon internet databases to do research. Academic edited volumes rarely have per chapter tagging. So, the book may not be tagged according to my interest or search because it is too broad. AndRead More
A Note About Statistical Significance
Before your eyes glaze over (or you sharpen your claws, depending on your orientation towards such things) I’ll ask you a little indulgence. Several incidents employing statistical methods have happened in my small corner of the world in the past three days. They have forced me to articulate some of my issues with how we,Read More “A Note About Statistical Significance”
Blog Migration: The Public Shaming of Shirley Sherrod
Note: This is one of those old posts that is getting new life thanks to public events. If you haven’t read Ta’heisi Coates’ “Fear of A Black President” by now then you’re obviously not on black(nerd)twitter. This was written contemporaneously of the Sherrod shame (7/21/10). I offer it only as a counterpoint to readings ofRead More “Blog Migration: The Public Shaming of Shirley Sherrod”
For-Profit or Trad? How Do You Know And Why You Should Ask: College App Edition
My friend Akil Bello owns a professional admissions test prep company, the delightfully ironically named Bell Curves. Knowing my work, Akil was kind enough to ask me to offer some free advice on institutional types to young people preparing for college applications. There are a few reasons that I happily said yes. One, an IHEPRead More “For-Profit or Trad? How Do You Know And Why You Should Ask: College App Edition”