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Partyin’ in the Hood
By Bill Tierney
Around graduation some USC seniors had some parties off-campus. The parties got out of hand for one of the groups. Apparently two parties were held across the street off-campus from one another. Mostly white kids were at one of the parties and mostly black kids were at the other. The parties got loud and a [...]
Chicken Soup for the Ph.D. Student Soul
Gil Scott Heron once said: “The revolution that takes place in your head…nobody will ever see that.” As I approach the 4th year in my doctoral program, I find more conflict with this statement than resolution. The revolution taking place in my own mind is now evidenced in my writing, research, advocacy, and practice. But [...]
To Hookup or Not to Hookup: Is that the Question?
By Bill Tierney
In February a bunch of numbskulls created a Facebook page entitled “USC Hookups” which promptly received more than 2,000 likes. The Undergraduate Student Government was outraged and told the administration to do something because it reflected badly on USC. The creators were anonymous and individuals were encouraged to post their “craziest story, raunchiest hookup, or [...]
Just What is College? Descriptions from Old Media
By Mark DeFusco
Recent days have been laden with all kinds of news items that challenge our notion of what college is. Take the news from the California legislature’s introduction of a bill that would require state-sponsored colleges and universities to accept credits from MOOCs and other alternative low-priced avenues of education. Burke Smith, the founder of Straighterline.com [...]
Thursday is WriteDay
Summer is here and it’s time to change things up. While it doesn’t have quite the same ring as, Thursday is TechDay, from here on out, Thursday will be WriteDay. The new theme focuses attention on Pullias’ annual SummerTIME Writing Program, an academic writing intervention to support the high school to college literacy transitions of [...]
Call Me Coach—Please!
By Bill Tierney
I was in Santa Fe when the Santa Fe New Mexican announced that the University of New Mexico’s (UNM) basketball coach, Steve Alford, had inked a 10 year deal paying him $2 million annually. Coach Alford had brought UNM to the NCAA finals, so paying him close to two million dollars seemed fair. Coach Alford [...]
Will the Real Millennials Please Stand Up?
If our commitment is to understanding complex and diverse millennial identities….We have a lot of work to do.
Rutgers and Basketball: What Can We Expect from College Presidents?
By Bill Tierney
The following scene is on a Thursday afternoon in the fall in President Barchi’s office. Tim Pernetti, the athletic director, has asked the Chief of Staff for a half hour appointment. They were able to sandwich Pernetti in after a conference call with a delegation from China who want Rutgers to open a branch [...]
Foster Youth and College
Over 400,000 young people live in foster care in the United States. By the time a foster youth reaches high school, his likelihood of experiencing multiple residential placements is extremely high—most high school-aged foster youth have lived in over five placements. With each residential move, children are often required to change in schools as well. [...]
Thursday is TechDay: Hipsters are Alive and Well at AERA 2013
According to knowyourmeme.com: Hip is an American slang term vaguely meaning fashionably current. But since the term doesn’t refer to one specific quality (similar to ‘cool’), what is actually considered hip is ever-changing and therefore impossible to define. Thanks to Malcolm Gladwell’s book, the term “hipster” had gone the tragic route of other generational pejoratives such [...]
