Dennis Hogan
@dennismhogan.bsky.social
Central American and Imperial Lit | Higher Ed Section Editor @publicbooks.bsky.social | University lecturer & onetime union staffer | Go easy, step lightly, stay free. |
These are all fantastic pieces, and I'm grateful for the hard work our contributors put into them. Please read--and if you ever have an idea for an essay, book review, interview, or forum on higher ed, please get in touch with me. dennis dot m dot hogan at gmail dot com. I'm always reading pitches!
October 14, 2025 at 5:13 PM
These are all fantastic pieces, and I'm grateful for the hard work our contributors put into them. Please read--and if you ever have an idea for an essay, book review, interview, or forum on higher ed, please get in touch with me. dennis dot m dot hogan at gmail dot com. I'm always reading pitches!
And from @annaeclark.bsky.social, on the urgency of coordinating across higher and secondary education to train students in the skills they really need to succeed as readers, writers, and thinkers:
Toward the Higher- and Secondary-Ed Alliance! - Public Books
The influence of K-12 policy and pedagogy on higher ed can perhaps be seen best in the trickle-up effect of the standards of the Common Core.
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October 14, 2025 at 5:10 PM
And from @annaeclark.bsky.social, on the urgency of coordinating across higher and secondary education to train students in the skills they really need to succeed as readers, writers, and thinkers:
From Steph Reist, on the tiered California public university system that still gatekeeps quality, four-year higher ed even while promising educational access:
To Save Public Higher Ed, Stop Revering California’s Tiered System - Public Books
Open admissions to all state-funded public universities could break the competitive concentration of prestige, increase affordability through more egalitarian institutional funding, and restore Americ...
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October 14, 2025 at 5:09 PM
From Steph Reist, on the tiered California public university system that still gatekeeps quality, four-year higher ed even while promising educational access:
From Jarrel T. Johnson, on the ways that HBCUS--which have become a refuge for some Black students fleeing racist attacks on Higher ed--can better support queer and trans students:
This Is Not a Choice—It Is a Charge: How HBCUs Must Embrace Black Radical Love & Empower Queer and Trans* Students - Public Books
This essay calls in HBCUs to recommit to Black queer and trans* inclusion.
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October 14, 2025 at 5:07 PM
From Jarrel T. Johnson, on the ways that HBCUS--which have become a refuge for some Black students fleeing racist attacks on Higher ed--can better support queer and trans students:
From Christian Collins, on recruiting and retaining Black and Hispanic men as a way to counter demographic declines in enrollment:
To Save Higher Ed, Seek Our Black and Hispanic Men - Public Books
Policymakers and institutional leaders seeking to preserve higher education’s functionality should consider the enrollment and completion rates of Black and Hispanic men.
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October 14, 2025 at 5:05 PM
From Christian Collins, on recruiting and retaining Black and Hispanic men as a way to counter demographic declines in enrollment:
From Jasper Cattell, on state-level political action as a remedy for federal attacks on academic workers rights: www.publicbooks.org/our-right-to...
Our Right to Our Union: Graduate Student Workers Under Threat - Public Books
University leaders may make a show of opposing Trump when funding is under threat, but they will happily align themselves with him in confronting graduate student workers.
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October 14, 2025 at 5:04 PM
From Jasper Cattell, on state-level political action as a remedy for federal attacks on academic workers rights: www.publicbooks.org/our-right-to...
From @cnewf.bsky.social, on the need to start taking the levers of university power back: www.publicbooks.org/academics-mu...
Academics Must Seize the Means of Knowledge Production - Public Books
Trumpism has canceled the knowledge society.
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October 14, 2025 at 5:03 PM
From @cnewf.bsky.social, on the need to start taking the levers of university power back: www.publicbooks.org/academics-mu...
Interesting! Thanks!
October 13, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Interesting! Thanks!
but would anyone in the 18th century have thought of what they were up to as a "project", or is that a scholarly imposition? (Not quibbling with the term's usefulness--I employ it myself often!)
October 13, 2025 at 3:01 AM
but would anyone in the 18th century have thought of what they were up to as a "project", or is that a scholarly imposition? (Not quibbling with the term's usefulness--I employ it myself often!)
yes that's true. I'm thinking of how the term in spanish for "draft legislation" is "proyecto de ley." I wonder if there's some sort of calque that happened
October 13, 2025 at 2:50 AM
yes that's true. I'm thinking of how the term in spanish for "draft legislation" is "proyecto de ley." I wonder if there's some sort of calque that happened
I ask because in particular I suspect that no one centrally involved in a historical project would use that precise term to describe what it is they think they're doing. Or would they?
October 13, 2025 at 2:22 AM
I ask because in particular I suspect that no one centrally involved in a historical project would use that precise term to describe what it is they think they're doing. Or would they?