The 20 Million Minds Fund is sponsoring a talk on the future of higher education today. I’ve followed sporadically on twitter (#20mmreboot). My comrade Audrey Watters is doing a solid service to us all by live-tweeting. I was struck by what I know about the future of higher education and what 20 Million Minds isRead More “The “Future” Of Higher Education?”
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New Fancy Report On Job Outcomes for College Grads
A new report, summarized in a higher education paper, from McKinsey & Company on job outcomes for college graduates says that no one is doing a good job of slotting qualified workers into the labor market. My favorite part is this: Colleges aren’t entirely to blame, she said, for the fact that companies cannot findRead More “New Fancy Report On Job Outcomes for College Grads”
Redux: If The Private Sector Wants a Perfect Employee, It Should Train One
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”
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”
Conferences, Cuts, Honors and Reflection On My Voice
The past two weeks have been dominated by higher education cuts, conferences, writing, and massive reading. In short, I’ve been busy being a graduate student in the U.S. As Emory University continues to navigate the aftershock of deep cuts to liberal arts programs at the undergraduate and graduate level, my intellectual home feels like momRead More “Conferences, Cuts, Honors and Reflection On My Voice”
Emory U Joins Coursera & I’m A Debbie Downer
Today, Emory University joined about a 100 other universities in partnership with Coursera. It was probably pretty poor timing for Emory, though. Just this week the administration announced that they are cutting undergraduate and graduate programs in education, Spanish, Russian, visual arts, educational studies, and interdisciplinary liberal arts. Some of those will be restructured. MostRead More “Emory U Joins Coursera & I’m A Debbie Downer”
Emory University Students Plan Meeting to Discuss Program Cuts: Details
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”
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”