Episode 36: Marie Bigham of ACCEPT
08/13/19 • -1 min
In the summer of 2016, a Facebook group emerged to quickly become the primary space in which professionals on all sides of college admissions would gather to discuss the challenges and potential solutions to some really hard problems.
For instance, how do we make the spaces that college admissions occupies, and with which it interacts and intersects fairer to and more representative of racial minorities and other marginalized groups? Especially given that it was set up and is still run in a lot of ways that keep them out? ACCEPT, as it is called, which stands for “Admissions Community Cultivating Equity and Peace Today” was led into existence by school, college and admissions counseling professionals Brandi Smith, Steve Frappier and my guest today Marie Bigham and it is now nearly 6,000 people strong.
For the uninitiated and for those who didn’t read the Chronicle article yet, here’s the official description of who ACCEPT is and what they do:
ACCEPT empowers college admissions professionals who seek to center anti-racism, equity, and justice in our work and communities. As educational gatekeepers, college admissions professionals hold the most responsibility in removing barriers to post-secondary education; everyone in this work has a role to play. ACCEPT will lead the college admissions profession in creating an equitable, just, and anti-racist path to post-secondary education.
FURTHER READING
The Admissions Activists Are Here to Make You Uncomfortable (Chronicle, Aug 2019)
The Admissions Activists Are Here to Make You Uncomfortable – The Chronicle of Higher Education (PDF)
https://www.acceptgroup.org/
NACAC Excellence in Education Award
How to Be an Anti-Racist (Kendi, 2019)
Race and Intersectional Studies in Educational Equity
Where Do College Recruit? Wealthy and White High Schools (Inside Higher Ed, Apr 2019)
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In the summer of 2016, a Facebook group emerged to quickly become the primary space in which professionals on all sides of college admissions would gather to discuss the challenges and potential solutions to some really hard problems.
For instance, how do we make the spaces that college admissions occupies, and with which it interacts and intersects fairer to and more representative of racial minorities and other marginalized groups? Especially given that it was set up and is still run in a lot of ways that keep them out? ACCEPT, as it is called, which stands for “Admissions Community Cultivating Equity and Peace Today” was led into existence by school, college and admissions counseling professionals Brandi Smith, Steve Frappier and my guest today Marie Bigham and it is now nearly 6,000 people strong.
For the uninitiated and for those who didn’t read the Chronicle article yet, here’s the official description of who ACCEPT is and what they do:
ACCEPT empowers college admissions professionals who seek to center anti-racism, equity, and justice in our work and communities. As educational gatekeepers, college admissions professionals hold the most responsibility in removing barriers to post-secondary education; everyone in this work has a role to play. ACCEPT will lead the college admissions profession in creating an equitable, just, and anti-racist path to post-secondary education.
FURTHER READING
The Admissions Activists Are Here to Make You Uncomfortable (Chronicle, Aug 2019)
The Admissions Activists Are Here to Make You Uncomfortable – The Chronicle of Higher Education (PDF)
https://www.acceptgroup.org/
NACAC Excellence in Education Award
How to Be an Anti-Racist (Kendi, 2019)
Race and Intersectional Studies in Educational Equity
Where Do College Recruit? Wealthy and White High Schools (Inside Higher Ed, Apr 2019)
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Previous Episode
Episode 35: Dr. Susan Matt on the History of Homesickness in America
https://www.crushpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Susan-Matt.mp3
Soon children everywhere will be saying goodbye to their parents and to their communities and the times and the places that made them into the adults they’re on their way to becoming in college. Dr. Susan Matt, Presidential Distinguished Professor of History at Weber State University in Ogden, UT, wrote a book called “Homesickness: An American History.”
Some of them will do a bit better at handling the distance – both in terms of time and geography – than others. Well, they’re certainly not alone, and they aren’t alone throughout the history of this country when you consider the countless ways that giant groups of people that moved from the familiar to the unfamiliar.
So where’d all this come from? And how does “nostalgia” play a role in it all? How is this an American phenomenon, or at least, what American things happened to contribute to homesickness and nostalgia being woven into our national fabric? What about the role of technology nowadays making it insanely easy to stay in touch? Or its ability to make one’s experiences seem outwardly perfect via Instagram and other social media tools?
FURTHER READING
Homesickness: An American History (Susan Matt, Oxford University Press, 2011)
The New Globalist is Homesick (Susan Matt, NY Times 2012)
Beware Social Nostalgia (Stephanie Coontz, NY Times 2013)
The Ethos of the Overinvolved Parents (The Atlantic, Laura McKenna, 2017)
Involved Parents Get Their Own College Guide (Chronicle of Higher Ed, Julia Piper 2019)
Why Peter Thiel Fears Star Trek (New Yorker, Manu Saadia 2017)
A Golden Age for Dystopian Fiction (New Yorker, Jill Lepore 2017)
Bored, Lonely, Angry, Stupid (Fernandez, Matt; Harvard University Press, 2019)
Don Quixote, College Choice and the Myth of Fit (Chronicle of Higher Ed, Moody 2011)
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Next Episode
Episode 37: Dr. Andrew Moe on College Access for Rural Students
https://www.crushpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Andrew-Moe.mp3
Dr. Andrew Moe is the Director of Admission at Swarthmore College and has been leading a national effort to focus the eyes of his colleagues more on students coming from rural communities.
Andrew has been organizing his efforts mainly via the National Association of College Admissions Counseling’s Special Interest Group designation as the co-leader (along with Peggy Jenkins of Palouse Pathways) of the Rural and Small Town SIG.
As you’ll hear, in the few short years they’ve been at it, there have been a ton of folks join up and dial into the resources the membership has been able to generate and provide.
There’s more information below for those who want to check it out for themselves, and don’t forget to follow Andrew on Twitter @andrewsmoe
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FURTHER READING
NACAC Rural and Small Town SIG Interest Form
Rural College Access Readings (via NACAC Rural and Small Town SIG)
The Status of Rural Education (National Center for Education Statistics)
Recruiting in Rural America (Inside Higher Ed)
Place Matters: A Closer Look at Education Deserts (Hillman, thirdway.org
Those Left Behind: Gaps in College Attendance by Race and Geography (Center for American Progress)
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