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11 février 2016

In Defense of Small Things

HomeBy Christopher Schaberg. Liberal arts education is often thought of in terms of a balance of knowledge across a range of fields and disciplines. Such an approach results, so the story goes, in the well-rounded individual who has an appreciation for the sciences and the humanities, who can work, at turns, with raw data and with subtle hermeneutics, and who understands history as well as the complexities and nuances of the contemporary moment. Read more...

11 février 2016

Why EQUIP Really Matters

HomeBy Daniel Pianko. In every generation since 1862, America has innovated on the form of the university. Until ours. Read more...

11 février 2016

Professors as Purveyors of Praise

HomeBy Domenick Scudera. Oklahoma Wesleyan University President Everett Piper posted a message on his college’s website titled “This Is Not a Day Care. It’s a University!” in response to a student who was offended during a sermon and feeling victimized. Read more...

11 février 2016

Refereeing Religion?

HomeBy Dennis H. Holtschneider. Recent actions by the National Labor Relations Board jeopardize the fundamental First Amendment right of Catholic universities to apply their own conception of their religious-educational mission, argues Reverend Dennis Holtschneider. Read more...

11 février 2016

Averting Tragedy Before It Occurs

HomeBy Michael L. Sulkowski. After each college shooting, we are left wondering, “How could have this tragedy been prevented?” Unfortunately, that is not an easy question to answer. Read more...

11 février 2016

Turn and Face the Strange

HomeBy Scott McLemee. Some people lived through early discussions of postmodernism and performativity, says Scott McLemee, thinking it sounded like David Bowie, minus the genius. Read more...

11 février 2016

Teaching Ourselves to Teach

HomeBy Kenneth Sharpe and Elizabeth Bolton. The need to “educate for judgment” is as urgent for those of us who teach at universities and professional schools today as it was for Aristotle. Read more...

11 février 2016

Mired in Mediocrity

HomeBy Cathy Trower and Peter Eckel. At a time when colleges and universities face unprecedented challenges, boards are not adding the value that is crucial to institutional success, write Cathy Trower and Peter Eckel. Read more...

11 février 2016

So You Think You Can’t?

HomeBy Bob Blaisdell. As a professor of English, Bob Blaisdell sympathizes with his students when they struggle with writing assignments. But it's nothing compared to the truckloads of pity he feels for himself when trying to learn to dance. Read more...

11 février 2016

Rhodes Will Stand

HomeBy Elizabeth Redden. After U of Oxford rejects student demands to remove a statue of Cecil John Rhodes, protesters issue a new set of demands related to racial issues on campus. Read more...

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