The new semester remains an unrelenting one. Vaccine skeptics, student and faculty fatigue, and masks galore. Definitely one for the books. At least we've got each other, right? RIGHT?! Nic and James discuss the highs and lows (mostly lows) of navigating the current higher ed terrain and want better for all of us. Nay, demand better. We deserve. Amidst the chaos of classroom management and praying for that one student to put their mask above their nose (why is that SO hard?!), the new semester presents new opportunities and ecologies of being with each other that we're trying to make sense of together. Sometimes all you have to do is keep your masked head up strong, fam.
Further Reading:
Universities Say They Want More Diverse Faculties. So Why Is Academia Still So White?
A Generation of American Men Give Up on College: ‘I Just Feel Lost’
The Masked Professor vs. the Unmasked Student
What We're Reading:
Ana Y. Ramos-Zayas and Mérida M. Rúa, Critical Dialogues in Latinx Studies
