After the election, hope and ache within the classroom (opinion)

In a current opinion piece in Inside Larger Ed, Austin Sarat wrote that universities have been unprepared for the potential of a Trump win. Now, along with his victory a actuality, we discover ourselves dealing with the implications. A lot of our college students and colleagues are despondent, devastated and fearful for the long run….

Trainer Tom: The Cynics are Flawed: Hope is Not Weak

Typically, folks, even depraved folks, are much more naive and simple-hearted than one usually assumes. And so are we. ~Fyodor Dostoevsky Cynicism is mostly outlined as the idea that our fellow people are motivated purely by self-interest and is characterised by skepticism, mistrust, and suspicion. One among my faculty professors, a self-confessed cynic and all-around…