In Refugees and Higher Education: Trans-national Perspectives on Access, Equity, and Internationalization, contributors representing a variety of fields—from educational leadership and curriculum development to social work and higher education—offer a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary overview of refugee education issues around the world. These perspectives also provide key insights for faculty and staff at higher education institutions that currently enroll asylees or refugees, as well as those that may do so in the future. The volume is edited by Center for International Higher Education Director Hans de Wit, former CIHE postdoctoral fellow Hakan Ergin, BC alumni Lisa Unangst and Araz Khajarian, and CIHE Research Assistant and doctoral student Tessa DeLaquil. In addition to the editors, BC faculty and alumni contributors to the volume include: Natalie Borg, Hannah Maria Cazzetta, Thomas M. Crea, Michael Cronin, Kerri Evans, Betty Leask, Rebecca Lowenhaupt, Narintohn Luangrath, M. Brinton Lykes, Gabrielle Oliveira, Onur Özmen, Martin Scanlan, Kelber Tozini, and Ayenachew A. Woldegiyorgis. Refugees and Higher Education is the latest volume from the Global Perspectives on Higher Education book series, co-published by Brill|Sense and the Center for International Higher Education at Boston College. Editors for the books series, which provides cogent analysis and comparative perspectives on central issues affecting postsecondary education worldwide, are: CIHE Founding Director Philip G. Altbach, de Wit, and CIHE Managing Director Rebecca Schendel.
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Animals with wild style
In her new nonfiction book, author Jenna Grodzicki introduces young readers to animals that accessorize in usual ways and looks at how these unconventional adornments help the animals survive. Wild Style: Amazing Animal Adornments (Millbrook Press, 2020) features critters such as crabs in sponge hats and lacewing larvae dressing up with jewelry. A Boston College alumna, Grodzicki also is the author of I See Sea Food: Sea Creatures that Look Like Food and Finn Finds A Friend, among other titles.
America’s changing vision of tomorrow
The Rise and Fall of the Future: America’s Changing Vision of Tomorrow, 1939–1986 (McFarland Publishers, 2020) offers an unvarnished look at mid-20th century American futurism in U.S. culture. Written by Boston College graduate Gordon Arnold, The Rise and Fall of the Future follows how the mid-20th century American dream of comfort, convenience, and wondrous technological advancements, such as flying cars and robots, met the hard realities of the 1960s and ’70s. Optimism and Utopian dreams were refocused, according to Arnold, and futurism gave way to disillusionment. A teacher, Arnold earned a doctorate from Boston College’s Lynch School of Education and Human Development. His other publications include Animation and the American Imagination, Projecting the End of the American Dream, and Conspiracy Theory in Film, Television, and Politics.
Journalist Maggie Haberman
New York Times White House correspondent Maggie Haberman will talk on “The Current Political Landscape” in a webinar on Sept. 9 at 7 p.m. Haberman was part of a team that won a Pulitzer Prize in 2018 for reporting on Donald Trump’s advisers and their connections to Russia. Before joining the Times, Haberman was a political reporter at Politico, and a finalist for the Mirror Awards, with Glenn Thrush, for the 2014 profile “What Is Hillary Clinton Afraid Of?” She previously worked at The New York Post and The New York Daily News. Presented by the Lowell Humanities Series and co-sponsored by the Campus Activities Board. Register for the virtual event at https://bccte.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_x8bFRZXaQmGOXrE_haq8aQ
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Tagged American politics, journalism
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The promise of the sharing economy
When the “sharing economy” launched a decade ago, proponents claimed that it would transform the experience of work—giving earners flexibility, autonomy, and a decent income. But this novel form of work soon sprouted a dark side: exploited ride-share drivers, neighborhoods ruined by Airbnb, racial discrimination, and rising carbon emissions. In her new book, After the Gig: How the Sharing Economy Got Hijacked and How to Win It Back (University of California Press, 2020), Boston College Professor of Sociology Juliet Schor dives into what went wrong with this contemporary reimagining of labor. Schor contends that the basic model—a peer-to-peer structure augmented by digital tech—holds the potential to meet its original promises. Based on nearly a decade of pioneering research, After the Gig presents a compelling argument that through regulatory reforms and cooperative platforms owned and controlled by users, an equitable and truly shared economy is still possible. Schor is the bestselling author of The Overworked American: The Unexpected Decline Of Leisure, The Overspent American: Upscaling, Downshifting, And The New Consumer, and True Wealth: How and Why Millions of Americans Are Creating a Time-Rich, Ecologically Light, Small-Scale, High-Satisfaction Economy, among other titles. She spoke about After the Gig on Marketplace Morning Report.
A field guide for MBAs
Boston College alumnus Al Dea has made it his mission to help students search for, apply to, and succeed in graduate business programs. He founded the blog MBASchooled.com, and has published a book, MBA Insider: How to Make the Most of Your MBA Experience. The book covers the entire MBA experience, from application to post-graduation, providing advice grounded in real-life anecdotes from current and former MBA students at highly ranked programs. MBA Insider is a field guide that students can turn to throughout their MBA educational journey. Dea earned his bachelor’s degree from the Carroll School of Management and served as president of the Undergraduate Government of Boston College. Read more from the Carroll School News.
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Tagged business schools, Carroll School of Management, education
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Oliver Wendell Holmes
Oliver Wendell Holmes is one of the most influential–and controversial–figures in American law. As a Supreme Court Justice, he wrote foundational opinions about such important constitutional issues as freedom of speech and the limits of state regulatory power. As a scholar and Massachusetts High Court judge, he helped to reshape the common law for the modern industrial era. In her book, Oliver Wendell Holmes: A Willing Servant to an Unknown God (Cambridge University Press, 2020), Boston College Law School Professor Catharine Pierce Wells offers the first exploration of the 19th-century New England influences crucial to the formation of this jurist’s character. Inspired by Ralph Waldo Emerson’s transcendentalism, Holmes belonged to a group of men who formulated a philosophy known as American pragmatism. By placing Holmes within the transcendentalist, pragmatist tradition, Wells’s innovative study unlocks his unique identity and contribution to American law. She recently spoke about her book in a SCOTUSblog Q&A.
Children’s book author Lisa Rogers
In her debut children’s picture book, Boston College alumna Lisa LaBanca Rogers writes about the inspiration of William Carlos Williams’ spare poem “The Red Wheelbarrow.” Illustrated by Chuck Groenink, 16 Words: William Carlos Williams and “The Red Wheelbarrow” (Schwartz & Wade/Random House, 2019) tells the story of Thaddeus Marshall, a vegetable vendor, and his connection to the poet/doctor. The story offers young readers not only an appreciation for the classic poem, but also a valuable lesson about taking time to notice small things. Rogers, who earned a master’s degree from BC, is a librarian at a Massachusetts elementary school. Her most recent children’s book, illustrated by Meg Ishihara, is about her stubborn rescue dog and is titled Hound Won’t Go (Albert Whitman & Company, 2020).
What the Emperor Built
One of the most famous rulers in Chinese history, the Yongle emperor gained renown for constructing Beijing’s magnificent Forbidden City. In her new book What the Emperor Built: Architecture and Empire in the Early Ming (University of Washington Press, 2020), Boston College Associate Professor of Art History Aurelia Campbell demonstrates how the siting, design, and use of Yongle’s palaces and temples helped cement his authority and legitimize his usurpation of power. Through his constructions, Yongle connected himself to the divine, interacted with his subjects, and extended imperial influence across space and time. What the Emperor Built, considered the first book-length study devoted to the architectural projects of a single Chinese emperor, situates the buildings within their larger historical and religious contexts. What the Emperor Built was featured in an article in the South China Morning Post Magazine.
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Abdi’s memoir adapted for young adults
A young adult version of Woods College of Advancing Studies student Abdi Nor Iftin’s memoir has been published. Call Me American: The Extraordinary True Story of a Young Somali Immigrant (Delacorte Press/Penguin Random House, 2020) tells the story of Iftin’s journey into young adulthood and his immigration to the U.S. Iftin grew up in Somalia, but as the threat of civil war approached, his family was forced to flee to his country. Through the turbulent years of war, Iftin found solace in popular American music and films. He eventually won a visa to the U.S. and has since become a U.S. citizen. In an interview with the Boston Globe, he said he hopes young readers of his memoir will be inspired to write their own story.
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Tagged immigration, memoir, Woods College of Advancing Studies
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