2018 Humanities Sociology 
The Hechinger Report
MARCH 6, 2025
When he was released in 2018, Maxis immediately applied for a masters program at Columbia Universitys Mailman School of Public Health. Since 2022 , shes been pursuing an associates degree in human services from prison through a remote program with Washington County Community College. She’s now recovered.)
ED Surge
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
I learned truths about European imperialism and the humanness before slavery — how colonists from all over Europe stuck their flagpoles into African soils, controlling nations and influencing heritage for centuries. Humanizing pre-colonial history catapulted a spiritual reckoning and unlocked a familiar wholeness for me.
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The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 22, 2020
They thought we would be more interested in audio engineering than engineering,” said Kamara, now a junior at Wesleyan University studying English and sociology. Meanwhile, they were more likely to enroll in courses in hospitality and, in the case of Black students in particular, human services. That was a hard pill to swallow.”.
Dangerously Irrelevant
DECEMBER 17, 2018
[ Every week a ‘Monday Morning Message (MMM)’ email goes out to all doctoral students from a faculty or staff member in the CU Denver School of Education and Human Development. Tressie McMillan Cottom, @tressiemcphd , tressiemc.com (sociology and higher education) . Increasing the visibility and impact of our work [July 2, 2018].
The Hechinger Report
DECEMBER 16, 2022
The University of Alaska system has scaled back more than 40 academic programs , including earth sciences, geography and environmental resources, sociology, hospitality administration and theater. Spending on higher education fell in 16 of the 20 most rural states between 2008 and 2018, when adjusted for inflation.
The Hechinger Report
MAY 27, 2020
The proportion of undergraduates who receive bachelor’s degrees in the humanities has fallen from a high of one in six to about one in 20 , according to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Any time they see an opportunity to attack particularly the humanities and the social sciences, that’s what they’ll go after.”.
The Hechinger Report
JUNE 17, 2019
A 2018 Georgetown University study found that students who worked had lower grades and were more likely to drop out. Paul Attewell, a sociology and education professor at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, is the second author. Working while in college is risky. The risk was especially high for low-income students.
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