By Jake New. A new study examines how black male students turn to campus leadership roles to combat stereotypes. A recent paper warns of a looming mental health crisis for resilient black students. Read more...
21 janvier 2016
21 janvier 2016
Guidance or Rule Making?
By Jake New. The U.S. Department of Education's guidance on how colleges handle cases of sexual violence and harassment improperly created sweeping regulatory changes, Republican senators say. Read more...
21 janvier 2016
'Manifesto for the Humanities'
By Scott Jaschik. Many humanities scholars these days feel underappreciated if not under siege. Departments are shrinking. Tenure-track lines are more difficult to come by. Politicians seem focused on job training. In this environment, one might expect a book from a noted humanities scholar to be sounding the alarm. But the subtitle of Manifesto for the Humanities: Transforming Doctoral Education in Good Enough Times (University of Michigan Press) suggests that this is not a call to the barricades. Read more...
21 janvier 2016
Is Tenure Essential?
By Scott Jaschik. Presidents whose institutions are members of the Council of Independent Colleges have been working on a project to help map the future of their institutions, which are generally small and midsize private colleges. Read more...
21 janvier 2016
'Inside Graduate Admissions'
By Scott Jaschik. What goes on behind closed doors when professors decide who should get chance to earn a Ph.D.? Author of new book was allowed to watch. She saw elitism, a heavy focus on the GRE and some troubling conversations. Read more...
21 janvier 2016
Community College Classrooms as 'Democratic Vistas'
By Scott Jaschik. At MLA meeting, instructors share philosophy behind their work -- and the practical challenges for new Ph.D.s who might not have a clue about teaching at an open admissions institution. Read more...
21 janvier 2016
Open Access at Both Ends
By Carl Straumsheim. Dozens of liberal arts colleges come together to form Lever Press, a book publishing imprint that promises to be open access for both authors and readers. Read more...
21 janvier 2016
Do Students With Guns Save Lives?
By Jake New. That's the claim of concealed carry supporters, but the evidence is limited and clear examples are few and far between. Read more...
21 janvier 2016
Military History: By Whom, for Whom?
By Colleen Flaherty. Historians' panel centers on what it takes to write good military history. Hint -- it's not brass. Read more...
21 janvier 2016
Confronting the Past
By Colleen Flaherty. Historians debate the value and place for Confederate monuments, memorials and other symbols. Read more...
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