Black Students Nearly Non-Existent at Oxford, Cambridge *The U.K.’s two elite universities admit a paltry number of black students to their undergraduate programs, the Guardian reports. Last year, 21 Oxbridge colleges did not offer admission to a single black student. Oxford’s storied Merton college has not accepted a black student for five years. Out of all of its colleges, Oxford accepted one [...] Read more on EURweb The Journal of Steffanie … [Read more...]

Thirty-Four Short Films About Nine Things: Personal Documentaries from the New School Image by uniondocs Independent filmmaker Caveh Zahedi, best known for his autobiographical films (I Am A Sex Addict, Tripping With Caveh, In the Bathtub of the World), also teaches a personal documentary class at the New School in which students are asked to make a film every week on a given topic. “The Personal Documentary” showcases the work of his students. … [Read more...]