Excerpts – March 2020

Excerpted in this issue is a piece called “Meta-Power and Transformation,” from University on Watch: Crisis in the Academy, by J. Peters.  In the text, Peters candidly discusses experiences of his own schizophrenia; how he approached (and was approached by) educators; as well as his own personal and interpersonal changes, with respect to empowerment, engagement, and self-actualization.

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