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Racial Literacy as a Curricular Requirement
A core curriculum must be institutionalized and mandated for all students, argues Daisy Verduzco Reyes.
Academic Prioritization or Killing the Liberal Arts?
An English professor laments the downsizing of liberal arts and humanities programs and departments by college administrators bent on promoting more "job-oriented" disciplines.
Lowbrow Culture and Guilty Pleasures? The Performance and Harm of Academic Elitism
A professor of gender and women's studies questions the arbitrariness and biases of scholarly standards for so-called lowbrow subjects and activities.
This Is Your Pipeline Problem
Amelia Gibson explores the far-reaching effects of campuses' mistreatment of senior faculty of color.
Ph.D. in Progress
Seanna Leath describes the challenges of mothering at the intersection of poverty and privilege.
How to Best Navigate the Africana Studies Joint Position
N. Fadeke Castor and Bertin M. Louis Jr. describe how best to cope with the toll that holding an Africana studies joint position takes on your body, mind and spirit.
The Two-Body Problem
N. Fadeke Castor and Bertin M. Louis Jr. discuss navigating the challenges of a joint position in Africana studies.
Grad School Activism
While often necessary, it’s not a substitute for technical proficiency, writes Chanda Prescod-Weinstein.