Sweet story to end the semester.
Thinking about what barriers, if any, prevented her from being a "traditional student"
Is it ever "too late" to go back to college? is it worth it?
Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/05/rosa-salgado-miami-dade-_n_7205582.html?utm_hp_ref=college&ir=College
Wednesday, May 6, 2015
Underprepared for the Profession: The lack of minority Ph.D.’s has a lot to do with the lack of socialization into academic life
Building Future Faculty Program, held annually at North Carolina State University
The program is aimed at helping underrepresented (by virtue of their race or gender) graduate students and Ph.D.’s to enter the profession. In three days of career workshops and networking, we built various forms of capital that we hope to parlay into full-time, tenure-track jobs
A cyclical, negatively reinforcing pattern seems to persist in doctoral education. One the one hand, faculty demographics do not reflect the increasingly diversified undergraduate population. Minority students may not pursue a Ph.D. because they see a lack of mentors, a lack of financial support, and a lack of "fit." Some undergraduates don’t even realize that graduate study is an option; their potential success in a Ph.D. program is dependent on them hearing about it, often by chance.
Read more here: http://chronicle.com/article/Underprepared-for-the/229915/
The program is aimed at helping underrepresented (by virtue of their race or gender) graduate students and Ph.D.’s to enter the profession. In three days of career workshops and networking, we built various forms of capital that we hope to parlay into full-time, tenure-track jobs
A cyclical, negatively reinforcing pattern seems to persist in doctoral education. One the one hand, faculty demographics do not reflect the increasingly diversified undergraduate population. Minority students may not pursue a Ph.D. because they see a lack of mentors, a lack of financial support, and a lack of "fit." Some undergraduates don’t even realize that graduate study is an option; their potential success in a Ph.D. program is dependent on them hearing about it, often by chance.
Read more here: http://chronicle.com/article/Underprepared-for-the/229915/
U. of Illinois to Offer a Lower-Cost M.B.A., Thanks to MOOCs
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign plans to start a low-cost online M.B.A. program in partnership with Coursera, the Silicon Valley-based MOOC provider, hoping to meet its land-grant mission of improving access and also to create a new stream of revenue at a time of shrinking state support for higher education.
Read more here:
http://chronicle.com/article/U-of-Illinois-to-Offer-a/229921/
Read more here:
http://chronicle.com/article/U-of-Illinois-to-Offer-a/229921/
Higher Ed Lobby Quietly Joins for Profit Colleges to roll back tighter rules
There is a current effort to crack down on for Profit Colleges that currently have access to grants and loans estimated to be in billions of dollars range . As we have talked about in class, students that attend for profit colleges may end up with a large amount of debt or unable to use their degree for the license needed for their profession. The goal of the new rules are to hold for profit colleges accountable. However, it seems that a number of colleges and universities are siding with for profit colleges. It was shared that one of the reasons for the shift is that the new regulations are not strong enough to weed out those problematic for profit colleges.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/05/higher-ed-lobby-rules_n_7215986.html?utm_hp_ref=education&ir=Education
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/05/higher-ed-lobby-rules_n_7215986.html?utm_hp_ref=education&ir=Education
Arizona Judge rule some Undocumented Students eligible for in state Tuition
I previously posted on the blog an article about how the University of Illinois was working on proposing legislation that would allow undocumented students to be eligible for state financial aid. Some states are going as far as not allowing undocumented students to receive in state tuition. This article talks about how Maricopa Community College allowed undocumented students to receive in state tuition following the creation of the deferred deportation by President Obama. As a result, Maricopa Community College was sued by the state of Arizona.
A judge has ruled that federal law not state law governs residency status and that the state was in no position to challenge the rates offered by Maricopa Community College. I anticipate that this decision will be challenged and defer Maricopa Community College ability to offer in-state tuition rates to undocumented students.
https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2015/05/06/arizona-judge-some-undocumented-students-eligible-state-tuition
American Flags & Campus Controversy
The American Flag has been used to protest the treatment of Black Americans at Valdosta State University and Wright State University, as this article refers to students who are stepping on the flag to demonstrate their frustration. According to the article "Desecrating an American flag has officially been considered protected
speech since 1989, when the U.S. Supreme Court decided that the First
Amendment protects symbolic political expression, including burning the
American flag. That hasn’t stopped critics on social media and in the
conservative press from calling for the students to be punished -- or
worse."
What does everyone think about the students' actions? Should colleges and universities be able to better monitor/manage the manner in which their students protest?
What does everyone think about the students' actions? Should colleges and universities be able to better monitor/manage the manner in which their students protest?
What's In A Name? When Peace College Transitioned to William Peace University
The Hurtado & Ruiz and Langdon articles brought to mind the transition of Peace College, the former women's college in Raleigh, North Carolina, to William Peace University, a co-ed institution. This transition began to take place in 2009 with the enrollment of male students in night courses, culminating with a name change and a shift to all co-ed classes in 2012. The after-effects have had an impact on the campus culture and climate. This blog post from The John William Pope Center For Higher Education Policy talks in greater detail about the trajectory of change, and speaks about the disconnect between the administration, students, alumnae, and other vested parties.
This situation represents one in which the institutional identity was drastically changed. Additionally, reports indicate that the path towards these changes was not made clear to constituencies, and that institutional intentions could have been articulated in a way that incorporated the voice of students, faculty, and alumnae. From an outsider's perspective, even the name change emphasizes a strong shift with the addition of "William" to the name. This emphasis might serve to perpetuate a culture of gender-dominance, one in which Langdon identifies as a common occurrence at conversion schools.
Referenced blog:
A College Copes With Changes - The John William Pope Center for Higher Education Policy
This situation represents one in which the institutional identity was drastically changed. Additionally, reports indicate that the path towards these changes was not made clear to constituencies, and that institutional intentions could have been articulated in a way that incorporated the voice of students, faculty, and alumnae. From an outsider's perspective, even the name change emphasizes a strong shift with the addition of "William" to the name. This emphasis might serve to perpetuate a culture of gender-dominance, one in which Langdon identifies as a common occurrence at conversion schools.
Referenced blog:
A College Copes With Changes - The John William Pope Center for Higher Education Policy
Racial Micragressions at University of Illinois
This article was posted earlier this week by the Chronicle of Higher Education about the University of Illinois and the experiences of racial minority students on our campus. As we've spent the semester talking about diversity in higher education and the importance of individuals' stories, this report resonates well with our conversations and the reality of our own experiences and our students' experiences here at Illinois. There were a few Inclusive Illinois talks this semester that I think addressed some of this, but I had not seen the full report until this article. I may have completely overlooked an email from the university with this report in the plethora of other emails clogging my Inbox, but my immediate reaction was "why am I reading about this from the Chronicle and not my own university leadership?!" I found the individual stories of experiences from our students of color to be especially interesting, and disheartening that not just students, but our own colleagues, staff, faculty on this campus have used words and actions in such exclusive, discriminatory, and offensive ways as educators and professionals. Seems to counter the "Inclusive" Illinois philosophy.
Here's the link to the article (it's pretty basic): http://chronicle.com/blogs/ticker/most-minority-students-at-u-of-illinois-report-being-racially-stereotyped/98333
More importantly, here's the link to the report: http://www.racialmicroaggressions.illinois.edu/files/2015/03/RMA-Classroom-Report.pdf
Here's the link to the article (it's pretty basic): http://chronicle.com/blogs/ticker/most-minority-students-at-u-of-illinois-report-being-racially-stereotyped/98333
More importantly, here's the link to the report: http://www.racialmicroaggressions.illinois.edu/files/2015/03/RMA-Classroom-Report.pdf
Tuesday, May 5, 2015
The student who hung the noose
On April 1 on the campus of Duke University something very disturbing happened. I am sure many of you saw this on the news, but I don't believe we discussed this outright during class. A noose was found hanging on a tree near administrative buildings that are home to many of the multicultural communities. I have a close friend who works at Duke and through our text messages that day this was something that hit the Duke Community hard especially the African american students and staff
While I know we have moved past the basic racial and diversity issues, I thought this was interesting to bring up due to what happened after it was found and a student came forward.
At first "It was swiftly condemned by university administrators at the time as "hateful and stupid."" In fact an e-mail was sent to the University community condemning “cowardly acts of hatred.” Student marches and silent protests were held.
And then after a student came forward and took responsibility - "The investigation into the discovery of a noose hanging...has determined that it was a result of ignorance and bad judgment"
The student wrote an open letter to the Duke Community on May 1 apologizing for what they said was a "bad pun."
You can read the full letter here - http://today.duke.edu/2015/05/nooseinvestigation.
I have two immediate thoughts about this:
- How in the world did he go through American school and not know anything about the noose and its historical context? Unless this student is an international student, I am unsure how this went unlearned.
- Ignorance does not mean you get out of jail free. Who are his friends that watched this happen and said nothing?
And Questions:
- Does a simple sanction and the ability to return to campus next semester give the correct punishment or should more have been done?
- Has the administration done the right thing here? In their response immediately and expanded?
- Is there something really drastic missing from the K-12 Education system that we are leaving out important history?
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