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[aslant]

i am tired of my injuries tag, how come i haven't been using my school tag more? i am loving it. lectures, readings, group work, discussions -- all excellent and engaging. i'm finding i have a deep interest in the economics of higher education, especially as taught by bridget terry long ♥

there are so many things racing around my head right now; but i feel like i have very little to say about it. maybe that will change once i write two upcoming papers:

1. (for proseminar in higher education) beverly tatum's why are all the black kids sitting together in the cafeteria?: review concepts, strengths and weaknesses, creating a recommendation for the content to be applied or rejected in a real or imagined school or university. pose as a faculty member/alum/trustee/student/dean/etc, writing to the president/provost/head of admissions/etc. [this one also could have been written using interim president derek bok's our underachieving colleges, but i have little or no background in afam/race studies outside of comp lit, and it will be useful for my immigration class.]

2. (for economics of colleges and universities) you are the dean of enrollment at a competitive, public, 4-year university. write to your president to explain why you should use institutional financial aid to increase your school's standing. why are government loans and subsidies not enough? to whom should you offer aid? what are the implications of these decisions for the college, and for student access and affordability?

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[ex-mthrtong.livejournal.com]

I'm glad it's going so well! I am wondering -- assuming it even happens -- how being a student will feel after spending a couple years full-time teaching. On one hand, I feel like I'm ready to be a really fantastic student, that it would be both a pleasure and such a relief to be on that side of things for a while. On the other hand, weird! Weird to walk into a classroom you don't "control." Not that I, you know, control anything...

[aslant.livejournal.com]

there is so much pleasure in being a student with others who want to be students, and with professors who are genuinely interested in what and how they teach :) i think in this situation, it's hard not to slip into being a student, immediately. certainly there are criticisms to be made along the way, but on the whole it's easy to love.

i know so little about how a phd would work for poetry...would it be the typical course work + manuscript path? for how many years, since you already have your mfa?

[ex-mthrtong.livejournal.com]

After doing my research, I'm actually planning to apply to lit PhD programs (instead of cwriting) -- so it's typical coursework & a dissertation, most likely. And probably 5ish years, as I don't imagine my little MFA will count for much. Gah. Five years.