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Thread on why we need more sociologists in the debate on how we're going to finance higher education and help students regain reasonable access to college.
I mean, economists are fine and have role in the free college debates, but it's the sociologists who can unearth the "why's" underneath what's happening and help us understand the systemic mechanisms that are causing problems who are going to help us find a path out.
Tell me which books tell us more about what's ails post-secondary edu from a systemic perspective more than @tressiemcphd's Lower Ed and @saragoldrickrab's Paying the Price. Both sociologists. And the other book we should be reading, The Great Mistake by @cnewf? He's an Eng prof.
How about another? The New Education by @CathyNDavidson another English professor. Here's where I compared and contrasted it to a book by one of them there economists. chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/boo…
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The relationship between freelancers and publications as described in this piece by @SilvermanJacob are identical, and I mean identical to the relationship between adjuncts and higher ed institutions. newrepublic.com/article/153744… /thread
The most obvious connection is that both institutions rely on the precariat (freelancers/adjuncts) to stay in operations. Without these highly qualified, skillful practitioners, the larger institutions could not function.
Next, there is little to distinguish those on the "right" side of the equation to the others. Both freelancers and adjuncts have the requisite skills, training, and experience to be full-fledged employees, but they are not given that status.
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I find this early polling on free college encouraging. More than 50% oppose, but it's early days in terms of getting out the full story of what it would mean. I would've thought it would score 30% positive or so. poll.qu.edu/national/relea…
Warren's debt forgiveness plan has majority support. This is great news because as we know, free college (or at least a giant infusion of funding of some kind) must come coupled with this, otherwise we wind up in the same problem as now in the future.
Interestingly, support for debt forgiveness declines when tied to a tax on "wealthy" individuals. I want to see how this would score with more precision than "wealthy." What would the #'s be if instead it said, "new tax on households with more than $50 million in wealth?"
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The fool who did this to the most talented and successful broadcaster of her generation should be looking for another job. hollywoodreporter.com/features/oprah…
I mean, imagine coaching Oprah on how she's relating to the camera and audience! It's inconceivable. Did random dudes call out changes Mozart should make on his symphonies from audience? Why would one chase away genius like this?
No one would've tried this shit with Cronkite, but of course Oprah is black and a woman and somehow being the most successful broadcaster and mogul of her time doesn't count in those spaces.
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