This week I had one published piece – Low Cost College Isn’t Enough (CNN.com, 5/20/15) Over the next 18 months of the presidential election, there’s going to be a lot of conversation about lowering the cost of college. I am asking you to help me make sure we also talk about high quality, which for…
Last month I wrote a piece for Al Jazeera America on zero tolerance, restraint, abuse, and the cult of compliance in our schools. I started with a report from the Center for Public Integrity and the story of Kayleb Moon-Robinson. Kayleb Moon-Robinson is a 12-year-old boy who lives in Virginia. One day at school, he kicked…
UPDATE: My NYT piece has been delayed. Still in the works but probably 10 days or so from now, for various reasons. Stay tuned! Today I am going to have a piece in the New York Times about Autism Speaks and a recent parenting dilemma. I thought it might be useful to have some resources here….
In my recent CNN piece, I wrote about my university with both pride and realism. We are a relatively low-cost private school that does some things exceptionally well. Those things that we do well cost money, though. I wrote: The Pell Institute’s publication “Moving Beyond Access: College Success For Low-Income, First-Generation Students” lists advising, tutoring, mentoring,…
NOTE – This piece has been updated to remove a sentence in which I attributed ideas to Goldrick-Rab which she doesn’t hold. I regret the error. Yesterday I wrote a new piece for CNN, offering my take on the expanding debate about the cost of college. Today, Bernie Sanders is going to file a 70…
Being a racist is not enough to invalidate academic freedom. Jerry Hough, a Duke Professor, left a racist comment on a New York Times page. He is now reportedly on leave. Hough has denied he’s a racist. From Slate: Hough told both the local ABC and Fox affiliates that he was on leave after his comments,…
I had three essays and seven blog posts this week, moderated a twitter chat, and went to a conference to give a talk and learn from my colleagues. Busy! Here’s the piece you probably didn’t read: Zoo Camp for All (Belt Magazine, 5/12/15) My son is going to Zoo Camp. The Brookfield Zoo has a fantastic,…
To institutions: if you want the reputational currency of public scholars you’d better have institutional processes & courage to go with it — Tressie Mc, PhD (@tressiemcphd) May 12, 2015 Almost a year ago, I wrote about Steven Salaita being un-hired by the University of Illinois. I argued: I come to this topic not as…
One definition of feminism: A critique of the gendered nature of power in a given society and a series Charlize Theron as Imperator Furiosa in ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ (2015). She holds a rifle and is in front of an armored truck. Courtesy of Warner Brothers Pictures of actions stemming from that critique. In Mad…
Image: The word “Live” in red stamped over the word “tweet.” This weekend around three thousand medievalists – scholars and fans alike – will descend on the 50th Annual International Medieval Congress, a massive, interdisciplinary and relatively egalitarian academic gathering. It features a whopping 567 sessions, an outstanding book exhibit with new and used books…