Tag Archives: Academia

Yik Yak is the Id of the University

Posted on April 16, 2015 by Will

It has been a tumultuous 24 hours at UMW, since the Virginia State Police rolled in last night and arrested some protesters who had been occupying the administration building for the past three weeks in an attempt to get the … Continue reading →

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College Admissions and the Commodification of Experience

Posted on August 11, 2014 by Will

The academic social-media-o-sphere has been abuzz for the past couple of weeks with discussion of William Deresiewicz’s piece in the New Republic entitled “Don’t Send Your Kid to the Ivy League.”  The piece was an obvious piece of clickbait (as Salon put … Continue reading →

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