Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
Begin: WordPress Article Content If the rise of anonymous apps has proven anything, it’s that humans can be ugly creatures when the social pressures that keep our baser natures in check are removed, and we’re allowed to share our darker sentiments and thoughts – sometimes, for nothing more than the cheap thrill of knowing they’ve caused others outrage. Case…
We hear about the superior tech savvy of people born after 1980 so often that we tend to assume it must be true. But is it? Researchers at Princeton-based Educational Testing Service (ETS) expected it to be when they administered a test called the Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC). Sponsored by…
March 10, 2015 Jen Sorensen Jen Sorensen is an award-winning political cartoonist and comics editor for Fusion’s Graphic Culture section. A fan of visual storytelling about the world we live in, she’s based in Austin, TX. … more “The phone rang. It was my college rapist.” — Fusion.
As part of its annual US graduate school rankings, US News has released data that tracks enrollment and tuition growth for the schools it ranks. Despite substantially higher costs across the board, most disciplines have seen rising (rapidly, in the case of engineering) or steady enrollment. A notable exception is law school, for which enrollment is declining. Despite the tough climate for American law school graduates,…
I think that all these stats have a point, but I’m also a little uncomfortable with how heavily focused on parents and marital status this is. It’s very easy to look at this coverage and say ‘ah, this is the decline of traditional family values hitting economic opportunity.’ At least that is how this author…
The New York Times reported last week that 10 states are currently considering measures to allow people to carry firearms on college campuses. In Nevada, the Republican assemblywoman who sponsored the bill has argued that arming students amounts to a kind of rape prevention. “If these young, hot little girls on campus have a firearm, I…
(AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File) Last week was the first ever National Adjunct Walkout Day, a grassroots protest to push for fair pay and better working conditions. Protests and teach-ins took place on as many as 100 campuses nationwide, prompting at least one university to create a task force to address labor concerns. It’s little wonder that a national movement has sprung up…
P.S. 116’s principal announced that students will no longer be assigned traditional homework. View Full Caption DNAinfo/Heather Holland KIPS BAY — A public elementary school is abolishing traditional homework assignments and telling kids to play instead — outraging parents who say they may pull their kids out of the school. Teachers at P.S. 116 on East…
William Dudley, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, delivered a speech on Wednesday morning that drove home just how dangerous an investment student loans are for American taxpayers. Speaking at a conference on student loan data, Dudley outlined the consequences of the unique way the U.S. government lends money to people for college. Government student loans…
Sweet Briar College, in Sweet Briar, Va., in an undated photograph. The all-women’s school plans to close in August. (Photo by Meridith De Avila Khan/Sweet Briar College) This story has been updated. For more than a century, Sweet Briar College has offered women a liberal arts education in a pastoral setting near Virginia’s Blue Ridge…