Meghan Florian of The Chronicle of Higher Education, posts an op-ed article subtitled Notes From an Employed Philosopher in which she  defends the value of the study of knowledge and thought.  She further argues that to restrict students from studying the liberal arts in public colleges is a form of segregation that, once again, strongly favors the wealthy and powerful.  [read more]

Inside Higher Ed, posts the following:  Paying for partying, “the sobering bottom line of Paying for the Party: How College Maintains Inequality (Harvard University Press), a new book based on five years of interview research by Elizabeth A. Armstrong, an associate professor of sociology and organizational studies at the University of Michigan, and Laura T. Hamilton, an assistant professor of sociology at the University of California at Merced.”  This is a long article, but worth the thoughts.  [read more]