Ep. 6: ABOLISH COMP EXAMS

In this episode, we discuss issues with our comprehensive exams, solutions, and the possibility of getting rid of them altogether (!!!), through the lens of abolition.

To learn more about abolition, we recommend reading:

Angela Davis, Are Prisons Obsolete?
Angela Davis et al., Abolition. Feminism. Now.
Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha and Ejeris Dixon, Beyond Survival: Strategies and Stories from the Transformative Justice Movement.
Derecka Purnell, Becoming Abolitionists: Police, Protests, and the Pursuit of Freedom.

This episode uses brain break music: "School of Rock" (2003).

You can find us at our website from-the-margins-com and on instagram @fromthemarginspod and in the Eugene Weekly recently!

Chapters

• 0:00 Intro 🎶
• 1:00 What is Abolition? What are Comp Exams?
• 29:47 TL;DR: Comps are Bad
• 31:10 Goals / Changes / Alternatives
• 52:51 TL;DR: Room for Change
• 54:17 Radical Reimagining
• 1:09:51 TL;DR: Abolish Comps!