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3 novembre 2018

The few humanities majors who dominate in the business world

The ConversationWe analyzed data from S&P Global on 2,262 corporate leaders – vice presidents and C-suite executives – in the U.S. today. According to the data, only 1.5 percent graduated in a humanities or liberal arts field.
History and psychology graduates are the two groups of humanities graduates most common in the executive ranks of the business world, followed by philosophy and linguistics graduates. People with degrees in music, drama and fashion were the least common.
The data also show that only 23 percent of humanities and liberal arts executives pursued an MBA, lower than the 26 percent rate for the total population of executives. A higher proportion of humanities and liberal arts executives also had Ph.D.‘s or master’s degrees. More...
3 novembre 2018

1968 protests at Columbia University called attention to ‘Gym Crow’ and got worldwide attention

The ConversationThis is what Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and Black Panther Party affiliate H. Rap Brown told a crowd of Harlem residents at a community rally in February 1967. More...

3 novembre 2018

Making college more affordable

The ConversationA college education has many funders. Federal and state governments provide support, as do the institutions of higher education themselves. More...

3 novembre 2018

School safety commission should not worry about violence in entertainment media

The ConversationI’m a psychologist who has studied violent media for 15 years and published dozens of studies on the topic in peer-reviewed journals. More...

3 novembre 2018

Growth mindset interventions yield impressive results

The ConversationA growth mindset is the belief that intellectual abilities are not fixed, but can be developed. Do students who are taught a growth mindset earn higher grades and test scores. More...

3 novembre 2018

Why Trump’s proposal to merge the departments of Labor and Education should fail

The ConversationMost people go to school with the expectation that it will lead to a job. If this is the case, then it makes no sense for the federal government to have separate departments for schools and jobs. Or so goes the logic behind the Trump administration’s proposal to create a Department of Education and the Workforce that merges the federal Education and Labor departments. More...

3 novembre 2018

Teachers’ activism will survive the Janus Supreme Court ruling

The ConversationThe Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision in Janus v. AFSCME 31 will hurt public employee unions in both membership and funding. More...

3 novembre 2018

State takeovers of schools are about political power, not school improvement

The ConversationWhen states take over local school districts – like they’ve done or are trying to do in Kentucky, Georgia and Mississippi – school improvement is typically the stated objective. More...

3 novembre 2018

Considering race in college admissions – 3 questions answered

The ConversationOn July 3, the Trump administration announced it will reverse several policy memos outlining how colleges and universities can use race as a factor in admissions. More...

3 novembre 2018

When race triggers a call to campus police

The ConversationOn a beautiful spring afternoon on a picturesque college campus, two campus police officers responded to a black professor’s “good afternoon” with a request to see his identification. More...

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