higher education
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We discuss the College Cheating Scandal, in which several celebrities and wealthy people were caught using bribery and cheating to get their children into prestigious schools.
This week, The Annex sits down with Mark Horowitz of Seton Hall. Mark authored “Sociology’s Sacred Victims and the Politics of Knowledge: Moral Foundations Theory and Disciplinary Controversies” in The American Sociologist. We also discuss student input in hiring decisions, e-Sports on campus, and economic disparities among adjuncts.
Joe, Leslie, and Mark Horowitz (Seton Hall) discuss student protests at Seton Hall over representation, and one of the students’ demands for formal influence over faculty hiring. The case is used as a platform for discussing the role of students in making faculty hiring decisions.
Joe, Leslie, Gabriel and Fabio Rojas (Indiana University) discuss a lawsuit alleging that Harvard University disadvantages Asians in its admissions process. Fabio Rojas is the current editor of Contexts Magazine, and is the author of From Black Power to Black Studies: How a Radical Social Movement Became an Academic Discipline. His new […]
Joe, Leslie, Gabriel and Fabio Rojas (Indiana University) discuss elitism in sociology. Fabio Rojas is the current editor of Contexts Magazine, and is the author of From Black Power to Black Studies: How a Radical Social Movement Became an Academic Discipline. His new book is Theory for the Working Sociologist
This is a special episode of The Annex that looks at sociology at community colleges. We meet four colleagues at community colleges: Shirley Leyro (CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College), Myron Strong (Community College of Baltimore County), Vondora Wilson (Nassau Community College), and Christina Wolfe (Georgia Highlands College). We discuss the community college […]
Streib Joe, Leslie and Gabriel interview Jessi Streib (Duke University) discuss a recent Gallup poll suggesting that public confidence in higher education is falling (article in Inside Higher Ed). Check out Jessi’s book on Amazon:
