The term “fourth industrial revolution” is understood in various ways. Some people are excited about it. Others are cautious. Some assume it means that technology and robots will take over every human activity. And still others imagine that this “revolution” will lead only to joblessness and automation. More...
By Joshua Kim. How would you make this work. More...
By Colleen Flaherty. College doubles down on its residential liberal arts mission with new core curriculum. More...
By Scott Jaschik. Lebanon Valley College has announced plans to end what it describes as "low-enrollment majors" in French, German, philosophy and religion. The college says tenured faculty members will not lose positions and some courses in these areas will continue to be taught. More...
They prepare students for the challenges they will confront in their professional, political, social and cultural lives, argues Elizabeth H. Bradley. More...Our democracy was founded on an expectation that its citizens have a moral and historical obligation to be discerning, neither ciphers receptive to any pronouncement nor cynics receptive to none. That’s why I find a fable that Benjamin Franklin tells in his “Apology to Printers” to be particularly relevant to the state of the humanities today. More...Wouldn’t greater exposure to such fields, asks Christine Henseler, help men make better decisions and become stronger citizens, workers and leaders. More...
Techno-News Blog. A mixed team of seven Penn State undergraduates — one in the College of Arts and Architecture and six from the College of Engineering — received $30,000 to continue development of an application to help students figure out the shortest path to graduation. More...
Ethnography and Anthropology in the Media
Now, if somebody searches for 'anhropology' on my site, they'll get a positive result. Heh. In all seriousness, there is a current of new thought linking anthropology and online social networking, as typified by Jame's Surowiecki's The Wisdon of Crowds (an interesting read, but the paen to capitalism in the middle seems to go on forever). More...
Online Education in the Humanities
Posted on DEOS: "Just learned of new Higher Education Ed Tech listserv here at H-Net: Online Education in the Humanities. "This network is intended for discussion of the ways in which online courses may be used to teach literature, art, philosophy, music, history, psychology, social science and related subjects." More...
/https%3A%2F%2Fprofilepics.canalblog.com%2Fprofilepics%2F1%2F0%2F1076071.jpg)
