There seems a parallel between Mignolo’s “Delinking” (the uncoupling of the western narrative of history from the narrative of colonialism) and Cathy Davidson’s “New Education.” Across eight chapters, Davidson tracks the history of the University system and its operational tentacles (course specialization, admissions processes, tuition fees, grading systems, etc.). She counters these educational traditions by […]
Re-learning How to Learn, and American Problem?
First Idea: In the introduction to The New Education we read “In the last decade, it has become fashionable to say higher education would be more efficient and modern if were run as a business, treating students as “customers.” (pos. 230). The author accurately presents some of the historical roots of the “buisinefication” of higher […]
(A) New Education
In The New Education, Cathy Davidson tells us how the United States’s current educational system was shaped 150 years ago, in a time of industrialization, and was modeled to emphasize outputs and productivity in order to satisfy the market’s needs. Now, in an era of internet, automation and social media, where careers are constantly under threat […]
As She Lays Dying
To find writing from an academic that flows in such a way is always telling of a person trying to be a person and to COMMUNICATE. I appreciate that congruency in Cathy Davidson’s book. I don’t think there is any other way to deliver this information, nor I think there was any other way for […]
Bridging Social Media, Red House with Education
Cathy N. Davidson presents a clear and practically way to reshape the higher educational system with several different mythologies and practices. Throughout the book all of the ways in which we can reimagine Charles Eliot’s “New Education” are very possible and should be mandatory in order to ensure students growth in career development and life. […]