…of what constitutes “past wrongs.” Thus, any statement of “diversity, equity, and inclusion” that passes muster with a modern-day academic search committee will not be about diversity, equity, or inclusion…
…thrilled with my choice of study, although for very different reasons than I anticipated when I started college. Although I will not use my undergraduate education in the way that…
…similar goals is UCLA’s Center for Liberal Arts and Free Institutions (CLAFI). Directed by law professor Daniel Lowenstein, it provides students, faculty, and community members with the opportunity to explore…
…their educations to good use. According to a forthcoming study by Harry Stille, the director of the Higher Education Research/Policy Center in Greenville, South Carolina, the key is admissions policy—the…
…Ph.D., works 4—just to pay the bills. Now, it‘s hard to take all these claims at face-value—after all, the 99ers are posting online, often anonymously, and many will probably say…
…2016 study entitled The Labor Market Returns to a Community College Education for Non-Completing Students, Bahr stated: Community college students who do not complete a credential… are presumed incorrectly to…
…professional workforce. Roughly 60 percent of the courses a student takes are in his or her major field of study, in which the student hopes to be eventually employed. Other…
…many of the problems displayed by college students are steeped in moral bankruptcy. But will colleges do anything to stem the tide? Will they demand more from applicants and more…
An empirical study of what is being taught and learned in university sociology courses around the country would be challenging to carry out. But American sociology provides a convenient site…
…anthropology, political science, social psychology, and sociology. The problems I will describe infect all, but I focus on sociology, where MLK’s idea of color blindness has been turned on its…