Author: Cuberis

The anti-abortion movement is feeling hopeful in the wake of Texas’s abortion ban and the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the ban. But what seems like a resounding victory for pro-life advocates will have an unintended consequence: derailing the educational plans of millions of Americans—women and men. Reproductive rights and educational attainment go hand in hand. Cutting off access to safe abortions will limit college-going opportunities for millions of Americans—especially those who are poor and who benefit the most from a college degree.

Most doctoral students don’t think they have much in common with entrepreneurs. That’s a shame. Getting a Ph.D. is a lot more rewarding if you stop trying to be a good student and start acting like you are running your own business. Of course, your business venture is not centered around profit-generating products. Instead, think of yourself as an entrepreneur of ideas.

The unparalleled increase in life expectancy in the United
States in the 20th century is a major humanitarian achievement. In just 100 years, American life expectancy from birth lengthened from 47 to 78 years. However, measuring success through average life expectancy alone paints an overly rosy portrait. The length and the quality of life varies substantially across subgroups of Americans, and this variability is not due to luck or chance. Rather, structural and institutional practices systematically advantage some groups over others throughout life. Race is a key factor that influences who reaps and who is excluded from the benefits of longevity.

Many academics have a blind spot about the integral role of religion in America. Until fairly recently, I did, too. I didn’t think of the United States as a particularly religious country, probably because I spent most of my life living on the coasts, where religion wasn’t overt.

Continuing a pattern of Democratic support almost a century old, the majority of American Jews are expected to cast a ballot for Joe Biden in this election. Indeed, a recent poll by the American Jewish Committee put overall Jewish support for the former vice president at 75%.

Last week, Tom Ehrlich, who teaches at the Stanford Graduate School of Education (GSE), and Ilana Horwitz, a recent GSE Ph.D. graduate and now a Postdoctoral fellow at the Stanford Center on Longevity, found themselves agreeing that amid all the conversations about diversity at Stanford, religion rarely came up. Tom had noticed this after having served as dean of Stanford Law School, provost at the University of Pennsylvania and president of Indiana University. Ilana had noticed this as a sociologist of religion and education. Our shared insight led us to write this piece.