The Fine Line Between Safe Space and Segregation

Emily Deruys article focused on certain college campuses that tried to appease the
concept of safe space, but their efforts were under fire because they were seen as
resegregation. The intended audience may be college students, members of minorities, or even
people studying race. The purpose was to inform readers of these situations happening on
campus, and the author lets us see both sides of the argument. This text is on a web article site,
and it would be part of the genre of informative article with a little bit of history. The author
doesnt really make a claim for or against these safe spaces, she just presents points that
show that these safe spaces are a touchy subject and they need to be taken deeply into
consideration. Some key words were safe spaces and resegregation. My questions: Where
do we draw this line between safe spaces and segregation? How do the students feel about
having these safe spaces, since that should be the focus?

First Step to Fixing Gender Bias in Business School: Admit the Problem
Nanette Fondas article focused on the gender bias present in Harvard Business School,
that was signaled when females kept receiving lower grades in the MBA program. The audience
of this article may be people at Harvard, women across the country, and those studying gender
bias and trying to eliminate it. The purpose was to inform and persuade readers that gender
bias is there, and it needs to be recognized before it can be eliminated. This article was on the
education section on a scholarly website, and it would be classified as a persuasive article on a
current event. The author brings in accounts from people at the Harvard Business School to
show that gender bias is something they are actively working against, and the author shares the
opinion that this widespread issue should be extinguished. Key words include gender bias,
second-generation gender bias, and gender gap. My questions: How do we get other
institutions to signal this gender bias? How can other places such as the workforce put a stop to
it?

How Americas 2-Tiered Education System is Perpetuating Inequality

Emily Chertoffs article looked at the decision Amherst College made in 2006 to reserve
many of their transfer slots to community college students. The audience may include
community college students, faculty in charge of funding of all colleges, and members of top-
tier schools to show their blanket of funding and security. The purpose is to persuade readers
that the education system needs to be improved in order to provide for community college
students better. This article is on a scholarly website, and it is an educational, yet persuasive
article about the gap between four year universities and community colleges. Chertoff sided with
the ideas of community colleges, and she believes our education system needs to reconsider its
funding and also make cultural changes. Key words include top-tier schools, low-income
people, and minorities. My questions: How do we get the top-tier schools to see the benefit of
doing something like this? How do we make a cultural change in an education system that is so
dated?

The Post-Lecture Classroom: How Will Students Fare?

Robinson Meyers article looked at a flipped classroom setting at UNC through their
pharmaceutical program. The intended audience may be professors looking to change up their
teaching method, students trying to accept this method, and those studying education. The
purpose of this article is to inform readers about a new teaching method, and possibly to
persuade professors to adapt it. This article is found on a scholarly website, and it is an
informative article filled with statistics to explain a new way of teaching to the audience. Meyer
really showed the positives of switching to this method of teaching, showing that it improved
grades and also the students enjoyed it. Key words include flipped classroom, lecturing,
performance, and content delivery. My questions: How do we get this method to spread
considering UNC received specific funding for it? If teachers do this method, how do we get
them to find the perfect balance? Has this been integrated in other schools?

Wasting Time on the Internet 101

Terrance Ross article looks at the efforts of a professor called Kenneth Goldsmith who is
creating a class where people waste time on the Internet. The intended audience may be
people interested in the Internet, college professors looking to create new classes, and even
just college students. The purpose of this article was to inform and explain this idea that
technology can be harnessed in a way to benefit our writing. This article came from the same
website that many of the other articles came from, and this is more of an informative article,
because its not really biased, the author just presents the facts. Ross article shows that there is
some positive feedback between reading/writing and technology, and that the only hindrance
technology presents is contextualization. Some key words include contextualization, digital
existence, defamiliarization, and social media. My questions: Is there further information
about the success (or failure) of this class? This class may only be appealing to slackers, so
how do we make the experiment more accurate of every student?