Education: May 2022 Archives
The cost of woke: Appeals court rules Oberlin must pay Gibson's bakery $32 million - HotAir
Trying to be woker than their very woke students, Oberlin College officials falsely smeared a 137-year-old, family-owned bakery across the street from campus of racism after the bakery called police to deal with a shoplifter and accomplices who attacked the son of the store's owner. The price of Oberlin's defamatory attempt to placate woke students: A $32 million judgment, upheld by an Ohio appeals court.
You Can Succeed At College Once You Figure Out All The Little Things No One Tells You About | LAist
"Academics have a name for the often unspoken, sometimes murky set of skills and expectations that are intrinsic to thriving in a college environment: the hidden curriculum....
"These unwritten rules may be more familiar to some students than others, including first-generation college students and students of color who are underrepresented in higher education.The gap between students who have guidance navigating college and those who don't can starts to show up well before a student sets foot on a campus....
"For example, professors' office hours. 'I hear all the time, "Why didn't this student go to office hours?" And it's like, 'Why would the student know to do that unless they were explicitly told?'" Rodgers said. 'If [the professor is] not actually pedagogical and instructive in terms of naming what office hours are in the beginning, how they can be used, that they are not punitive, you're not coming because you're in trouble or you don't understand something or you're behind ... if you're not doing that type of setup, then how would students know?'"
St. John's College in Annapolis says its audacious tuition cut is paying off
"St. John's College, however, decided in 2018 to go in an entirely different direction, slashing tuition rates and making up the difference through a campaign to raise $300 million by June 30, 2023.
"The gamble has paid off, official say, with rising applications, a more diverse student body and a successful fundraising campaign about to wind up....
"The cut was just over 30%, with the yearly tab going from $52,000 to $35,000. The private liberal arts college has campuses in Annapolis and Santa Fe, New Mexico. Tuition for the 2022-23 school year is just over $36,000....
"Kelly Brown, vice president for advancement, said St. John's decided to reduce tuition because of a 'real understanding that the way colleges were presenting tuition numbers was deterring the middle class.'
"'Those of great wealth don't look at the tuition price as the first point of reference and those with great need understand that there are funds available, but in the middle class I think there is a sense that the sticker price is what you pay,' Brown said. 'In slashing (tuition), we made our front window, as it were, to be more appealing to the middle class.'"
