Jacquelyn Gill

I do mention that lower in the thread, yes; the problem is that many parents or students don’t even consider small
liberal arts schools because of the price tag (understandably; many colleges cost as much as a small house).

Best approach!

Also this! While I’m a huge believer in public education and love working at a public university, private schools have some extra advantages right now.

For example, my alma mater has been named the greenest college in the country for many years running, and alumni have a high rate of going to grad school, getting into med school, and overall job placement. You’ve probably never heard of it if you’re not from New England or a UWC grad.

PS Small liberal arts schools often have better name recognition than you kay guess, especially in certain industries. If you’re working class, first-gen, or from a different region than the school you may not have heard of it; don’t let that stop you if it’s the right fit. Ask about job placement.

Yes! It’s so true! I think there’s a lot of parental focus on name recognition.

Yep, same (I also had extenuating circumstances, being a high school dropout, so my life turned out differently than my initial plans)! It’s counterintuitive.

Definitely, and my state school is actually very rural, so this isn’t an absolute rule (hence “often”). Just something to consider if that’s a goal. Some students really thrive in small towns, surrounded by nature.

For context: I went to College of the Atlantic for my BA (350 students), did my MS and PhD at the University of Wisconsin in Madison (>40,000 students), did a postdoc at Brown (11,000 students), and work at the University of Maine (11,000 students).

Many students would be happier at small liberal arts schools, too: smaller class sizes, often more service or experiential learning, tight-knit community, often rural and surrounded by nature, less focus on tests and memorization and more focus on writing or creativity.

Many of my friends are now at the age where their kids are thinning about college, and most don’t know this.

Don’t sleep on private schools and especially small liberal arts schools because of sticker shock. Look into what aid packages the schools offer.

As parents are helping their kids consider colleges, this is my perennial reminder that state schools often have lower price tags, yes, but private schools, including many small liberal arts schools, often have better aid packages, and are thus often cheaper in the end (but may be more competitive).

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Yes! I see people abrogate their responsibility for overconsumption by saying problems are systemic, which is really just repackaged toxic individualism. Individual actions scale in collectives! Also, thrift stores exist!

it is possible, I promise you, to hold the truth that systemic problems require systemic solutions, AND to believe and tell people that change is possible and it starts in our homes, relationships, and communities

My colleague points out here that possibly one in seven requests to our library now may be assisted by LLMs.

When those point to fictional documents, that's a huge staff time drain. There's often no quick way to check if an undigitized primary source doc exists beyond physically pulling some boxes.

Trans Panic? More Like Trans Apathetic 2025 shows trans rights aren't electoral poison. The truth? Most people just don't care that much.

I took on the mythology of the "Kamala is for they/them" ad. Since the morning after the 2024 election, trans people have been scapegoated for Harris' loss, with that infamous ad at the centre of recriminations.

But a deeper analysis shows that voters are largely indifferent to trans people.

"...Would not want to reap some kind of short-term profit," writes the woman, in a book no one forced her to write and sell.

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Now that we’re eating beef tallow we don’t need to worry about getting sick from spillover, Paul, sheesh.

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That sounds super fun! Does it matter that it came out in 2023?

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A black granite memorial plaque features a circular arrangement of names in white text, bordered by silver rivets. At the top center is an emblem of a bee with gears. The text reads "in memoriam" followed by two columns of names: Geneviève Bergeron, Hélène Colgan, Nathalie Croteau, Barbara Daigneault, Anne-Marie Edward, Maud Haviernick, Maryse Laganière, Maryse Leclair, Anne-Marie Lemay, Sonia Pelletier, Michèle Richard, Annie St-Arneault, Annie Turcotte, Barbara Klucznik Widajewicz. At the bottom: "6 DÉCEMBRE 1989".

On this day in 1989, an armed gunman murdered 14 women at École Polytechnique de Montréal. Another ten women and four men were injured.
The anniversary of the massacre is commemorated annually on Dec. 6 as the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.

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