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What Happens to Critical Thought in Today’s Market-driven Academia?

Angela Roothaan
Art & Literature, Arts & Culture, Education, Philosophy, Society & Culture
What happens to critical thought in today’s market-driven academia?

Fighting Inequality Starts with Early Childhood Development

Kaisa Snellman
Economics, Education, Politics & Economics
Income inequality may have the greatest impact on society’s most vulnerable: very young children. Without addressing early childhood development, efforts to close class gaps may fall short.

What will you do with a Ph.D. in science?

Tyler Ford
Education, Science, Science & Medicine
Most graduate students will not have a choice but to consider “alternative” careers.

Language Schools: Trojan Horses for Political Agendas

Calvin Ho
Education, Politics, Politics & Economics, Society & Culture
With Mandarin’s newfound popularity among non-Chinese, the long-standing political tensions between China and Taiwan has a new battleground—with language students caught in the crossfire.

Sending Everyone to College Won’t Cure Inequality

Kaisa Snellman and Jennifer M. Silva
Education
Miles, a firefighter’s son, sought to follow in his dad’s footsteps. He had a vague idea that a college degree would make him more competitive, but felt overwhelmed by the prospect. “The most stress I’ve ever felt really is just going into college and getting out of the house. Just figuring out who I’m going to be,” he said.

Teaching from an Inner Place: On Working with Students with Autism

Jason Gruhl
Education, Psychology
“I can still feel the ‘thud’ of the marker thrown at my head. I had been working with Andrew, a student with autism, for about a minute, attempting to get him to write his name on a piece of paper. He became frustrated, threw the marker, and climbed under his desk.”

Why Do We Give Students Grades?

Benjamin Winterhalter
Education, Society & Culture
“Grading fails to live up to its own ideals—of providing a valid, measurable, unbiased way of discerning people’s abilities.”
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