Tag: higher education
Universities Should Not Be Battle Grounds for Political Parties
Imagine this scenario: Emory University President Gregory L. Fenves resigns, and instead of the Presidential Selection Committee appointing a new president, U.S. President Joe Biden does so without consulting anyone....
Read MoreThe Invisible Bias of Educationism
Modern society suffers from rampant “educationism.” Coined in a 2018 Journal of Experimental Social Psychology report, the term describes educated people’s implicit bias against those less educated. Educationism disadvantages...
Read MoreAcademia Has a Long Way to Go for Women
As a woman preparing to apply for graduate school, I am confronted with a serious dilemma: do I apply to PhD programs to pursue a career in academia, or am I better off working somewhere else? Countless studies suggest that...
Read MoreEmory Shouldn’t Succumb to Grade Inflation
2.46. 2.55. 3.65. Since its founding, Harvard University (Mass.)’s grade point average (GPA) has increased by more than one full point. Yet most of this increase has happened in the last few decades, and it’s part of a broader...
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