The College Cheating Scandal
We discuss the College Cheating Scandal, in which several celebrities and wealthy people were caught using bribery and cheating to get their children into prestigious schools.
UC Walks Away from Elsevier
The University of California’s hard negotiations with the publisher Elsevier.
Mario Luis Small
En el tercer episodio de Sociología con Acento conversamos con Mario Luis Small sobre el inicio de su pasión por la sociología, sus primeras lecturas e investigaciones, las dificultades de ser estudiante […]
Full-Time Faculty Positions Are Disappearing
How to deal with disappearing faculty lines?
Collapsing Enrollments at Low-Ranked Schools
We discuss how enrollments are collapsing at low-ranked universities.
What Happens When You Cut Degree Requirements?
A study shows that a Columbian business school’s placement outcomes soured after it cut core curricular requirements.
Do Not Invite Milo Yannopoulos
Gabriel discusses the UCLA campus Republicans’ internal debates about whether or not to invite Milo Yiannopoulos to speak.
UW Superior Closes Its Soc Department
The University of Wisconsin, Superior closes its sociology department. We ask whether this is a canary in a coalmine, or an idiosyncratic event.
Administrative Careers (Donnell Butler)
Donnell Butler a Senior Dean at Franklin & Marshall, discusses the executive track as a career path for sociology academics, and how perspectives on higher ed differ between faculty and […]