Posted By Ruth King on December 19th, 2020
Well-meaning Americans are being suckered into an illiberal political cabal.
Days before the Fourth of July, the famed KIPP charter schools announced they’d be abandoning their longtime slogan: “Work Hard, Be Nice.” In a statement, KIPP’s leaders said they were dumping the decades-old slogan because “Working hard and being nice is not going to dismantle systemic racism.”
KIPP lamented that the mantra encourages students to be “compliant and submissive” and “supports the illusion of meritocracy.” The missive closed by declaring that the slogan was at odds with KIPP’s goal: “Schools that are actively anti-racist.”
December 17, 2020
Jessica Harris, assistant professor of education, has received the Early Career Award from the Association for the Study of Higher Education. Harris is honored for her overall body of work at UCLA and previously at the University of Kansas. Her research focuses on multiraciality in higher education, the study of campus sexual assault, and interrogating the misuse of theory in higher education research and practice.
“I feel humbled in receiving this award, and I am so grateful for all my mentors that continue to support my professional trajectory,” Harris said. “I am also so indebted to the students I work with who push me daily to do better and think outside of the box.”
Equitable Admissions in the Time of COVID-19
2University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
December 17, 2020•
Physics 13, 199
For this graduate admissions season and beyond, holistic review can help departments look beyond the tip of the iceberg of their applicants.
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The COVID-19 pandemic, the Trump administration’s restrictions on international students, and a national movement for racial justice are compelling many physics programs in the US to rethink graduate admissions. While many leading programs have begun to make changes in recent years, others now have a new sense of urgency to reexamine their processes. To equitably evaluate applicants and avoid further disadvantaging the students most affected by these many challenges, we advocate for holistic review in graduate admissions review processes that systematically and thoughtfully take into account a variety of applicant experiences and credentials.
Never before has the American education system been put under a microscope sometimes literally the way it was in 2020.
That’s because COVID-19 illustrated just how much about schools we take for granted. Education research examines all kinds of things that take place inside the walls of schools, from science lessons and gym classes to sick days and suspensions. But experts have never had to think about what might happen if all of it the hugs, the free breakfasts, the standardized tests, even the buildings themselves simply went away. This spring, that’s exactly what happened, stranding tens of millions of students in academic limbo even as this sentence was being written.
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