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Podcast: New Books in Sociology
Episode: A Light in the Tower: A New Reckoning with Mental Health in Higher Education
Description: A Light in the Tower argues that excellent education and radical support for mental health struggles can coexist, and provides detailed advice for how to do so. Dr. Katie Rose Guest Pryal debunks claims that supporting student mental health harms educational rigor (coining the term ârigor angstâ to discuss the fear that rigor is declining). She outlines actionable steps professors and administrators can take, including abandoning ableist and exclusionary campus culture; replacing âbad-hardâ work that creates unnecessary logistical difficulties for students in favor of âgood-hardâ work that challenges them intellectually; providing an easy path to disability accommodations; and teaching accessibly fo...