Can Robert Putnam Save the American Dream?
by parrymarc
Read the story here.
Categories: article • Tags: harvard, inequality, political science, politics, poverty, Robert Putnam, social mobility, sociology
The Long Reach of David Brion Davis: The Historian’s Influence Has Been Enormous, If Not Always Obvious
by parrymarc
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Categories: article • Tags: David Brion Davis, history, Slavery, Yale University
On the Run: A Rising Star in Sociology Chronicles the Human Costs of America’s Penal System
by parrymarc
Read the profile of Alice Goffman here. And here’s a follow-up article on the controversy over her work.
Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: Alice Goffman, cities, criminal justice, ideas, mass incarceration, Philadelphia, poverty, Princeton, race, research, sociology, University of Pennsylvania, urban studies
The Gates Effect: How the Gates Foundation’s $472-Million Is Remaking Higher Education
by parrymarc
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has spent $472-million (so far) on higher education. Why many in academe are not writing thank-you notes. A special report.
Categories: article • Tags: advocacy, Bill Gates, competency-based education, Educause, financial aid, Gates Foundation, higher education, lobbying, New America Foundation, philanthropy, politics, Southern New Hampshire University, technology
Finding Digital Focus: A Professor at the U. of Washington Trains Students to Put Technology In Its Place
by parrymarc
To complete her homework assignment, Meran Hill needed total concentration. The University of Washington senior shut the blinds in her studio apartment. She turned off the music. She took a few deep breaths. Then she plunged into the task: Spend 15 minutes doing e-mail. Only e-mail, and nothing else. Soon enough, though, a familiar craving bubbled up. For some people, the rabbit hole of Internet distraction begins with cat videos. For Ms. Hill, who calls herself “a massive weather geek,” […]
Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: distraction, technology
In Ian Morris’s Big History, the Future Looms Large
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Categories: article • Tags: classics, history, humanities, ian morris, profile, social science, Stanford
The Neighborhood Effect: Twenty-five Years After William Julius Wilson Changed Urban Sociology, Scholars Still Debate His Ideas — Is Anyone Else Listening?
by parrymarc
William Julius Wilson changed the way scholars saw urban poverty. Did it make a difference? My new article looks at the influence of Wilson’s classic 1987 book, The Truly Disadvantaged. The Harvard sociologist’s book stimulated an enormous volume of research about inner-city neighborhoods, and it also shaped public policy. Yet 25 years after its publication, hardly anyone is talking about poverty. Not since the early 1960s has the issue received so little attention. Here’s an excerpt from the story: Jacqueline lived […]
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Big Data On Campus: Netflix Meets Google Meets Academia — Data Mining is Reshaping the College Experience.
by parrymarc
College life, quantified: My latest story looks at how data mining is reshaping the student experience. The article is a collaboration between The New York Times and The Chronicle of Higher Education.
Categories: article • Tags: arizona state university, big data, data mining, higher education, knewton, technology
Our Divided Politics: Jonathan Haidt Decodes the Culture Wars
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Liberals would be well-served, says Jonathan Haidt, to wise up about conservatives’ gut feelings. In this week’s Chronicle Review, I profile the moral psychologist, happiness guru and liberal scold. A sidebar explores the controversy over Haidt’s claims about liberal bias in the field of social psychology. And a graph lets you see where you fall on the moral spectrum. Also, see some reaction to these articles in The American Conservative, The Atlantic, and Reason.
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