“My future — the vague, all-consuming ideal we’re taught to live for — felt like a more dominant force in my life than my present.”
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The ‘Race Realist’ on Campus
“Why was Professor Gregory Christainsen allowed to teach Black and Latino students at Cal State East Bay that they were inherently less smart?”
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A Black Physicist Is Borne Back Ceaselessly Into the Past
“I am forced to live in a parallel world to the one I wanted to live in, where I could have been a physicist without also constantly being asked to speak on or attempt to compensate for the persistent racism of institutions.”
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Reading Lessons
You never stop learning how to read — probably because you also never stop forgetting how to read.
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The Unstable Business of Higher Education
Why are so many small American colleges like Newbury closing?
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MFA vs. NYC: A Reading List
Poverty and a lack of diversity are just a couple of pitfalls Jacqueline Alnes explores in this list.
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The Creeping Capitalist Takeover of Higher Education
Universities had the chance to make higher education accessible to more students by making the price of online degrees affordable. But they didn’t.
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Who Do You Have for Science This Year, I Have Mr. YouTube Again
“The longer these kids stayed there, the further behind they were.”
Posted inArts & Culture, College, Media, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes
The Humanities Marketplace As a Circle of Hell
The struggles of a motivated, educated academic to find sufficient work.
Posted inArts & Culture, Blog Post, Commentary, Culture, Current Events, Science & Nature, Unapologetic Women
Why Beyoncé Placed HBCU’s at the Center of American Life
The singer’s latest performance helps expand the possibilities of what it looks like to be a black thinking person.