Category: Future of Education
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Creating Space within Constraints: A Reflection on Conference Planning in a Pandemic
Photo by Chris Montgomery on Unsplash. There is nothing like a pandemic to make one question what an academic conference is for. Especially if you are one of the conference organizers. When CUNY went remote a year ago, I was in the final stretch of planning Graduate Education at Work in the World, as part […]
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Chapter 3 – Expanding Definitions of Scholarly Success
In earlier chapters, particularly in Chapter 2, Rogers stresses the importance of admitting graduate students with diverse backgrounds and of valuing those backgrounds in the application process. Hand in hand with that idea is the point that forms the basis of Rogers’ argument in Chapter 3: once those students are admitted into PhD programs, we […]
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Conclusion: Building a University Worth Fighting For
The conclusion and afterword of Dr. Katina Rogers’ Putting the Humanities To Work fundamentally challenges the pessimistic notion that the academy as we know it is unchangeable, or that those involved with universities by employment or education are unable to change them. The notion that “a university worth fighting for” is not an impossible dream […]
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Chapter 5 – Students: How to Put Your PhD to Work
Book Title: Putting the Humanities PhD to work In chapter five, Rogers examines the specific ways of putting the humanities PhD to work. She focuses this intervention on not only the students but also those in positions to make institutional decisions, such as faculty members and university administrators. Rogers, in this chapter, offers practical suggestions […]
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Putting the Humanities PhD to Work: Book Launch Video and Q&A
Click to watch the full conversation I had the great pleasure of speaking with Dr. Teresa Mangum at the University of Iowa to celebrate the launch of Putting the Humanities PhD to Work. Following a generous introduction by Dr. Cathy Davidson, Teresa and I had an invigorating conversation about the nature of graduate education, the […]
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Scholar Spotlight: Jesse Rice-Evans
Why did you apply to HASTAC? In composition/rhetoric and writing studies, digital pedagogy is a crucial element of developing effective and equitable pedagogy! Building community around digital equity is an important component of centering access in future intellectual projects 🙂 What has been your favorite course so far as an instructor or student? Why? My […]
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A Year In Review: The Futures Initiative Undergraduate Leadership Program (2019-2020 Cohort)
By Lauren Melendez and Kashema Hutchinson (cross-posted on futuresinitiative.org) Leadership Fellows during our monthly meet-up, CUNY Graduate Center The Futures Initiative’s Undergraduate Leadership Program (ULP) supports CUNY undergraduate students who are learning to be leaders within their colleges and within their communities. The program, directed by Lauren Melendez, MSEd Director of the Undergraduate Leadership Program […]
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The time to reinvest in higher education is now
More than a week into worldwide protests against racial injustice in the United States, the glaring resource discrepancy between police departments and other public services—including health care, social services, and education—is more apparent than ever. Calls abound to reduce funding to police departments, and are already having an effect. NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio has […]
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Digital Friday Recap: Enriching STEM: Creating Equity in and Beyond the Lab
In the sciences, because we are working to better understand the world and systems within it, a diversity of opinions and viewpoints is absolutely necessary, especially in light of the notorious lack of diversity that can be seen throughout scientific history. In recent years, STEM fields have made important strides towards equity. For example many universities […]
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Graduate Education for the Public Good: Event Recap and Reflection
Event date: May 1, 2020 What a joy to gather, in the midst of a time of separation and loss, to talk about what we imagine for higher education. On Friday, May 1—Labor Day across much of the world—my colleagues and I hosted a digital forum on graduate education for the public good. That more […]