Critical Analysis | Brandon K. Baker
Brandon K. BakerEssays, ideas, and insights by a higher education nerd, for higher education nerds. I'm a communications professional, former journalist, and first-generation college grad trying to make sense of the wacky world of education.
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Lifelong learning shouldn’t be a resolution
Illustration: ChatGPT.
For several years as a graduate student, my eyes lingered on a tax form that—generously, I admit—offered benefits that come with identifying as a “lifelong learner.” Setting aside the details and merits of the tax cr...
What should we ask of our alma maters?
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At heart, I am an owl.
A Temple University alum, my guttural instinct is to hoot for my fellow Owls. “Love” has always felt like a strange word to describe a relationship with an alma m...
School’s been out for summer. Should industry's summer have been free, too?
As a university staffer, a curious thing happens each year on a college campus around mid-May: Your bustling workplace suddenly becomes empty. Benches once filled with students networking or studying become occupied by construction workers...
A defense of education about education
“What did you think of the education courses? Did you think they were fluffy?”
I didn’t quite know what to say.
I returned to my hometown last week for a typical family visit and an atypical reunion with a high school teacher of European...
Safety net, don't fail me now
In my first Substack post, I alluded to the “passion principle,” as outlined by sociologist Erin Cech. The concept is simple but sticky: We subscribe, whether consciously or not, to the modern value of pursuing our passions. In surveys and...
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