Simon Brown / Columnist Archives

The many shades of Islamophobia

By Simon Brown / Columnist
January 20, 2015

New education standards nothing more than ‘standard’

By Simon Brown / Columnist
January 7, 2015

Let’s better understand diversity and its value at Pitt

By Simon Brown / Columnist
November 24, 2014

What failed in Oregon could succeed elsewhere

By Simon Brown / Columnist
November 12, 2014

Check your wealth: Economics left out of discourse on privilege

By Simon Brown / Columnist
November 4, 2014

Women and minority inclusion: What the sciences can learn from the humanities

By Simon Brown / Columnist
October 29, 2014

PMADD: Let’s serve for more than one day

By Simon Brown / Columnist
October 21, 2014

Celebrity activism: Examining its ethics and effects

By Simon Brown / Columnist
October 1, 2014

Use college to begin adulthood, not finish adolescence

By Simon Brown / Columnist
September 17, 2014

Employment Guide: The classroom is the best career service

By Simon Brown / Columnist
September 12, 2014

I don’t speak the language, but that culture don’t need explaining

By Simon Brown / Columnist
September 8, 2014

Many reasons why listicles are nonsense

By Simon Brown / Columnist
September 3, 2014

Want to fix the Ivy League? Stop talking about them

By Simon Brown / Columnist
August 24, 2014

Hop aboard the 54D: Leave Oakland & explore

By Simon Brown / Columnist
May 28, 2014

When ‘data journalism’ doesn’t add up

By Simon Brown / Columnist
April 7, 2014

Gentrification a warranted issue for mythically ‘post-racial’ societies

By Simon Brown / Columnist
March 25, 2014

Expose peer-reviewed academic literature to online community

By Simon Brown / Columnist
March 5, 2014

Standardization of college application process could increase low-income student applicant rate

By Simon Brown / Columnist
February 25, 2014

Employment Guide: Brown: Personal statements should not replace applicant evaluations

By Simon Brown / Columnist
February 7, 2014

Renaming women’s studies rightfully broadens program’s potential

By Simon Brown / Columnist
January 29, 2014

Brown: Atheists: Separate Catholic Church’s good works from religion, learn tolerance

By Simon Brown / Columnist
January 23, 2014

A lesson for Teach For America

By Simon Brown / Columnist
January 14, 2014

Brown: Grade inflation poses serious risks to collegiate performance

By Simon Brown / Columnist
January 5, 2014

Finals Edition: Brown: Curricular abandonment of worldwide genocides catastrophic to student development

By Simon Brown / Columnist
December 8, 2013

German, classics and religious studies deserve to stay here at Pitt

By Simon Brown / Columnist
November 13, 2013

US News & World Report rankings pose problems for students, colleges

By Simon Brown / Columnist
November 6, 2013

Brown: Disconnect between schools of arts and sciences, education schools is a missed opportunity

By Simon Brown / Columnist
October 30, 2013

Dining Guide: Brown: Appreciating coffee: Setting is everything

By Simon Brown / Columnist
October 17, 2013

Give credit where it’s due: Humanities research both significant and imperative

By Simon Brown / Columnist
October 16, 2013

Pittsburgh’s the most livable city? It’s time to follow through on what rankings claim

By Simon Brown / Columnist
October 14, 2013

Universities must pay adjunct lecturers their fair share

By Simon Brown / Columnist
October 2, 2013

Homecoming Edition: Brown: The next chancellor: Public obligation cannot be overlooked

By Simon Brown / Columnist
September 26, 2013

The limits of Twitter: Facilitating misrepresentation of social issues

By Simon Brown / Columnist
September 25, 2013

Ending the intellectual turf war

By Simon Brown / Columnist
September 18, 2013

Employment Guide: Brown: Internships should widen, not narrow, interests

By Simon Brown / Columnist
September 12, 2013

Pittsburgh: Learn the lessons of New York

By Simon Brown / Columnist
September 11, 2013

Government, colleges must prioritize careful cost-reduction

By Simon Brown / Columnist
September 4, 2013

Keep ‘high-order thinking’ without the high-stakes testing

By Simon Brown / Columnist
August 28, 2013

Welcome Back: Guided teaching should be focus of Ph.D. programs

By Simon Brown / Columnist
August 19, 2013

Welcome Back: New chancellor must lead by diplomacy, not decree

By Simon Brown / Columnist
August 19, 2013

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