Tag: Higher Ed

“This education gap is a problem not only for the teenagers on the wrong end of it. It’s a problem…”

“This education gap is a problem not only for the teenagers on the wrong end of it. It’s a problem for the American economy. The economic differences between college graduates and everyone else have reached record levels. Yet for many low-income children – even many who get A’s in high school and do well on the SAT – college remains out of reach. No wonder that upward mobility is less common in the United States than in many other rich countries.”

– Top Colleges That Enroll Rich, Middle Class and Poor.

“Surprisingly, women who engaged in less sexual activity were more likely to be publicly labelled a…”

“Surprisingly, women who engaged in less sexual activity were more likely to be publicly labelled a slut than women who engaged in more sexual activity. This finding made little sense until we realized that college women also used the term as a way to police class boundaries.”

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“As the case illustrates, school disciplinary panels are a world unto themselves, operating in secret…”

“As the case illustrates, school disciplinary panels are a world unto themselves, operating in secret with scant accountability and limited protections for the accuser or the accused.”

– How one college handled a sexual assault complaint. 

The Bloody Waters of Higher Ed

The Bloody Waters of Higher Ed:

Notes on how a generation’s class- and age-based neglect destroyed the job prospects of rising Millennials: Academia edition.

Or: How the tenure track has eliminated itself.