On March 4th, The New York Times published a very distressing article on remediation at CUNY—it was distressing because the main concerns of the article were the financial and intellectual burden of students needing remediation, especially those needing a great deal of remediation, on the University. It is not completely clear if the thrust of […]
Reconsidering Faculty Rights and Prerogatives
I’ve written before about the need to take a closer look at college teaching, specifically at CUNY, as part of a larger strategy to improve student learning and increase postsecondary graduation rates. Unfortunately, a complex set of customs and rules regarding faculty rights and prerogatives make that look much more difficult than it should be. […]
Literacy and the Remaking of the Working Class
Introduction We have been reminded more than a few times over the past three days that there is no literacy with a capital L. There are instead practices, more or less elaborate and codified, which reflect and shape the social relationships of their practitioners. [1] We have also heard that we still are not quite […]
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