The pricing of higher education is always a bit mysterious. In the past, colleges and universities have gotten into considerable trouble for price-fixing when it emerged that they had colluded to set their tuition rates or financial aid packages. But sometimes colleges and universities can read the situation without colluding. I doubt that the University of Pennsylvania, Brandeis, Carnegie Mellon, MIT, and the […]
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My pronouns are they/them/theirs. I insist that you use them when referring to me. You can hear sentiments like that—perhaps not as succinctly—across countless Tic-Toks, news interviews, YouTube videos, debates, and in print, from the New York Times to Fox News. Yet, what you never encounter is someone saying, “OUR pronouns are…” or “WE insist…” […]
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Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by The Black Liszt on November 6, 2024. With edits to match Minding the Campus’s style guidelines, it is crossposted here with permission. To call what is taught in the “computer science” departments of universities a “science” is a mind game to get everyone involved to believe that what is […]
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