This week on The Annex, we talk with Kieran Healy from Duke University. Kieran is author of the much-acclaimed 2017 theory paper “Fuck Nuance” in Sociological Theory, and of the award-winning Last Best Gift (Chicago). We also talk about a new study on the human capital versus signaling debate about higher education’s value, reactions […]
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A study shows that a Columbian business school’s placement outcomes soured after it cut core curricular requirements.
Gabriel discusses the UCLA campus Republicans' internal debates about whether or not to invite Milo Yiannopoulos to speak.
This week, we talk to Donnell Butler, a Pahara-Aspen education fellow and the Senior Associate Dean for Planning and Analysis of Student Outcomes at Franklin & Marshall College about the executive track as a career choice, free speech on campus, and an outside look at the discipline (46:10) We also discuss the […]
The University of Wisconsin, Superior closes its sociology department. We ask whether this is a canary in a coalmine, or an idiosyncratic event.
Donnell Butler a Senior Dean at Franklin & Marshall, discusses the executive track as a career path for sociology academics, and how perspectives on higher ed differ between faculty and administrators. We also discuss recent conflict on campus free speech.
