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Opening Higher Ed Access (Amaka Okechukwu)
Today, we meet Amaka Okechukwu (George Mason University) about the politics of opening access to higher education. We discuss her new book, To Fulfill These Rights: Political Struggle Over Affirmative Action and Open Admissions (Columbia University Press), and her study about the historical political struggles surrounding affirmative action and open admissions.
Punishment in the Admissions Scandal (Fred Wherry)
Felicity Huffman got 14 days of jail for bribing to get her children into college. The gang gets together with Fred Wherry (Princeton University) to reflect on the punishment and how elite college admissions work.
Frederick Wherry is a Professor of Sociology at Princeton University. His new book (with Kristin Seefeldt and Anthony Alvarez) is Credit Where It’s Due: Rethinking Financial Citizenship with the Russell Sage Foundation.
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By Angela George, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link
Stanford Press Faced Cuts
Stanford University’s Provost recently threatened to cut Stanford University Press, describing the Press as a “second rate press.”
Michelle Silver is an Assistant Professor of Sociology and the Interdisciplinary Centre for Health and Society. She recently published Retirement and Discontents: Why We Won’t Stop Working, Even If We Can (Columbia University).
Educational Achievement & Asian-Americans (Arthur Sakamoto)
An interview with Arthur Sakamoto from Texas A&M about explanations of Asian-Americans’ high educational achievement, and attributing this achievement to Asian culture. With special guest host Chris C. Martin.
Arthur Sakamoto is a sociologist at Texas A&M. He wrote “Socioeconomic Attainment of Asian Americans” in the Annual Review of Sociology.
Chris C. Martin is a sociologist at Georgia Tech who specializes in culture, mental health, and wellbeing. He hosts the Heterodox Academy’s podcast A Half Hour of Heterodoxy. Twitter: @ChrisMartin76.
Reactions to the Admissions Scandal
The Annex discusses a recent piece from UT Austin’s Steven Mintz in Inside Higher Ed, in which he asks how we should respond to the college admissions scandal.
Margaret Hagerman is an Assistant Professor at Mississippi State University. She wrote White Kids: Growing Up with Privilege in a Racially Divided America (NYU Press). Twitter: @MaggieHagerman
Jean Beaman is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Purdue University. Jean wrote Citizen Outsider: Children of North African Immigrants in France( (University of California Press). Twitter: @jean23bean
UC Walks Away from Elsevier
The University of California recently walked away from negotiations with academic publisher Elsevier. This move could represent a major dramatic change in the relationship between universities and publishers. We discuss publishing costs, and the role of publishers in higher education.
Why It Pays to be Privileged (Daniel Laurison)
An interview with Daniel Laurison (Swarthmore) about his new book, The Class Ceiling: Why It Pays to be Privileged, which explains how social class helps the privleged.
Photo Credit. By Unknown author – http://garylawrance.blogspot.co.uk/2012/01/mrs-astor-and-400.html, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=31172374
Collapsing Enrollments at Low-Ranked Schools
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We discuss how enrollments are collapsing at low-ranked universities.
What Happens When You Cut Degree Requirements?
A study shows that a Columbian business school’s placement outcomes soured after it cut core curricular requirements.
Do Not Invite Milo Yannopoulos
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Gabriel discusses the UCLA campus Republicans’ internal debates about whether or not to invite Milo Yiannopoulos to speak.
