Rebecca Schuman
Rebecca Schuman is an education columnist for Slate.
Education
Sept. 4 2015 10:58 AM“I Wanted to Give Them Something to Hide Behind”Finally, a magazine just for adjunct professors.Rebecca Schuman
Family
Aug. 26 2015 5:50 AMBaby BirdHow wrong am I to flip off my sleeping infant? A philosophical inquiry.Rebecca Schuman
The Slatest
July 31 2015 7:00 AMDid a Building Kill Four Professors at a New Orleans College?Rebecca Schuman
Education
July 22 2015 11:34 AM“We Don’t Want Students 2 Waste Their $”A professor tried to warn incoming freshmen about the gutting of their education. It didn’t go well.Rebecca Schuman
Education
July 8 2015 10:45 AMBoth Sides NowHigher education needs more diversity of thought. Bringing anti-vaccine paranoia into the classroom isn’t the way to achieve it.Rebecca Schuman
Brow Beat
July 3 2015 8:32 AMMy Hometown Baseball Stadium Just Burned Down. It Was My Childhood—and an American Relic.Rebecca Schuman
Education
June 17 2015 11:07 AMThe Tenure Apocalypse“Jobs for life” are rare and mostly fictitious. Attacks on them obscure the real problems of higher ed.Rebecca Schuman
Doublex
June 4 2015 12:30 PMThis Viral Formula Ad Absolves You for Using FormulaA century of advertising that’s gone straight for the new-mother jugular.Rebecca Schuman
Brow Beat
May 13 2015 5:37 PMWhy Benedict Cumberbatch Is the Perfect Actor to Read Kafka’s Metamorphosis Rebecca Schuman
Education
April 13 2015 12:29 PMA Good Professor Is an Exhausted ProfessorA North Carolina education bill would be a disaster for research and pedagogy.Rebecca Schuman
Brow Beat
Dec. 10 2014 10:16 AMThis Eerie Children’s Book Is the Perfect “Cool Aunt” PresentRebecca Schuman
Brow Beat
Nov. 24 2014 4:02 PMThe Bogus Academic Journal Racket Is Officially Out of ControlRebecca Schuman
Doublex
Nov. 6 2014 1:06 PMStop Fit Shaming Pregnancy The ridiculous New York Times pregnancy fitness videos are making me miserable. Rebecca Schuman
Family
Sept. 2 2015 3:05 PM“Nobody Called CPS on Louis C.K.”Writing about giving your baby the finger makes people on the Internet go a little crazy.Rebecca Schuman and Jessica Winter
Education
Aug. 4 2015 11:44 AM“A Kind of Grad-Student Gaslighting”Karen Kelsky has made navigating the brutal academic job market her business.Rebecca Schuman
Family
July 25 2015 12:34 PMI Am Terrified of Taking My Child Literally AnywhereWhat if my bad parenting choices go viral?Rebecca Schuman
Education
July 15 2015 2:41 PMThat “Volunteer Professor” AdWhat a sweet program for Mormon retirees tells us about the state of the adjunct universe.Rebecca Schuman
Education
July 8 2015 5:48 AMThe 5+2 SolutionIs a faster doctorate a better doctorate?Rebecca Schuman
Brow Beat
June 30 2015 6:57 PMYou’ll Never Effing Believe Why This Professor Got FiredRebecca Schuman
Education
June 4 2015 5:14 PM“This Is Your Money”Why for-profit colleges are the real welfare queens.Rebecca Schuman
Education
May 22 2015 1:51 PMCollege Students Are Not CustomersThis idiotic political shorthand needs to die, once and for all.Rebecca Schuman
Family
April 29 2015 2:14 PMToo Real for Reality TVWatching outdoor births on YouTube is fantastic. On Lifetime, not so much.Rebecca Schuman
Education
April 1 2015 1:20 PMThe Hierarchy of Humanities SchadenfreudeScoffing at academic job-market losers comes from some unexpected places.Rebecca Schuman
Education
Dec. 4 2014 11:13 AMThe Campus Alcohol Problem That Nobody Talks AboutWorried about binge drinkers? Start at the faculty club.Rebecca Schuman
Education
Nov. 19 2014 11:45 PMQuit Picking on Old ProfessorsBullying boomers into retirement won’t help the sad state of higher education in this country.Rebecca Schuman
Science
Nov. 4 2014 11:23 AMDon’t Worry Your Pretty Little HeadsA New York Times op-ed trolls the academic science community.Rebecca Schuman