Danielle Stone

The Fine Line Between Safe Space and Segregation

This article discusses the pros and cons of safe spaces for minority students. The authors
provide numerous examples and opinions from scholars at different universities that debate this
idea without being biased. The main idea is that safe spaces, such as organizations, classes, or
housing, that cater to different minority groups can be beneficial in providing students of a
minority with a safe place to meet others with similar backgrounds. However, this can be viewed
by some as segregation that will cause more harm than good. While reading, I wondered how
students feel about these safe places, and what can keep these safe places from seeming
segregated?

First Step to Fixing Gender Bias in Business School: Admitting the Problem
This article discusses the issues of gender bias, particularly at the Harvard business
school where women were consistently making lower grades than men and how this college
worked to end this gender bias. To add to his argument and discussion, the author inserts an
interview with the Dean for culture and community at Harvard Business School. The Dean
answers questions about how Harvard has worked to lessen gender bias and notes the term
second-generation bias as a answer for why the bias occurs. Will the gender bias ever truly
end? Is this bias seen in colleges and different majors across the country?

How Americas Two-tiered Education System is Perpetuating Inequality

This article discusses how higher education is creating more inequality due to less
funding being provided to community and public schools where low-income people and
minorities tend to attend than private schools. The main idea given is that Amherst, a private
college, is reserving more of its transfer spots for community college transfers. Chronic
underfunding is a term that refers to the lack of funding at community colleges that can hinder
the education those students receive. How can the issue of underfunding be resolved? Is there a
way to change the two-tiered system of higher education? How are students who attend a
community college ultimately effected when applying for jobs?

The Post-Lecture Classroom: How will Students Fare?

In a Pharmacy class at UNC, technology was used to create a flipped classroom. This
class gave students the lecture in video format to watch outside of class and then come prepared
for activities and active learning in class. The author discusses how technology can be used to
benefit college students, and most of the students feedback was extremely positive regarding
this new flipped classroom. Active engagement is discussed in this article as a way to promote
more learning. When students are actively engaged, they care about the material they are
learning. In what other ways can technology be used to create more active engagement in the
classroom?
Wasting Time on the Internet 101
A class at the University of Pennsylvania has been created to allow students to waste time
and become distracted by the internet. The purpose of this class seems to be to get students to
realize on their own what they are doing on the computer and how the internet can be beneficial
to their writing. The goal is to be able to critically analyze every aspect of internet use. The
article seems not to hold a stance as it provides Goldsmiths point of view as well as the view of
critics. Will this class actually work or will students just waste their time becoming distracted by
the internet?