The Basic Framework in the General Sociology of Harrison C. White
Reza Azarian, Stockholm University, May 11, 2014
While writing my posts over the last few days I had occasion, thanks to a tweet, to look up a number of works by and about Harrison White. It's not an understatement to say that a lot of what I say is anticipated years earlier in his work. More...
The Ocean, The Bird, and the Scholar
I couldn't help but think of Kenneth Clark as I read this text of the 33nd Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities. The author argues that the traditional cornerstones of the humanities, history and philosophy, ought to be replaced by the arts. More...
Grâce à de nombreuses vidéos et des activités variées, les apprenants pourront lutter contre les idées reçues, découvrir les différences entre le lycée et l’université mais aussi obtenir de nombreux conseils pour optimiser leur entrée et leur réussite à l’université. Plus...
Enrollments in college humanities programs have been falling for years — why. More...
Infosys (NYSE: INFY), a global leader in consulting, technology and next-generation services, today announced an exclusive partnership with Trinity College to create new educational programs that prepare liberal arts students and Infosys employees for the digital workplace of the future. More...
Gale, a Cengage company, is changing the way scholars and students access and analyze raw text data. Gale’s Digital Scholar Lab, a cloud-based research environment launched by the company today, allows students and researchers to apply natural language processing tools to raw text data (OCR) from Gale Primary Sources archives in a single research platform. More...
After several initiatives designed to aggressively raise the profile of Marian University, the private liberal arts school announced Wednesday that it will launch a new two-year college next fall to reach a different population of students: those that might not get into Marian's four-year programs. More...
From equipment to connections, working-class students appear to be at a disadvantage to their more privileged peers. More...
What do you teach university students in a post-Google world? In a few minutes, anyone with a smartphone can get basic knowledge about the side-effects of pseudoephedrine, the history of the Eiffel Tower, or the workings of a jet engine. The information they get may not be correct or complete, but they won’t know that. They will think they’re suitably informed. Plus...
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