This week spring is springing, birds are chirping, and Florida is...Florida-ing. We spend a bit of time on some potentially hopeful news about the perceived value of a college degree, and that is good. Hold on to that feeling, because from there it's pretty much straight downhill.
This week's Disingenuous Arguments segment is really just a rundown of sunshine state shenanigans, from fired tenured faculty with 20 years of service to undermining the very notion of accreditation. And that's before we get to "don't say gay". What is in the water down there? Can we help? Florida, blink twice if you need help.
Cleanse the pallet with a book. People will think you're smart.
Further Reading
"Public's Impression of Higher Ed Improves (Somewhat)", Inside Higher Ed
"Florida Lawmaker Puts a Conservative Stamp on Higher Ed", Chronicle of Higher Ed
What We're Reading
Han C. Winter, Racial Erotics: Gay Men of Color, Sexual Racism, and the Politics of Desire
Karen Sands-O'Connor, Children's Publishing and Black Britain, 1965 - 2015
