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...A new report points to the need to challenge the cult of rankings, writes Jim Jump. More...The ways that many board committees and task forces operate today no longer make sense, warn Peter Eckel and Cathy Trower. More...Educational technology companies have some trust issues and should be required to prove that they're pursuing more than their own financial bottom line, John Katzman and Stephen Bailey arguel. More...The reopening of the U.S. Department of Education's investigation into Rutgers University is not, as claimed, about anti-Semitism, argues Tallie Ben-Daniel. More...Stephen J. Ceci, Scott O. Lilienfeld and Wendy M. Williams suggest a possible solution to the thorny debate over the practice. More...Many community colleges rely too much on associate degrees that have little labor market value and too rarely lead to a four-year credential, Ryan Craig argues. More...In On the Future: Prospects for Humanity, Martin Rees encourages us to think beyond the new norms of diminished and collapsing expectations, writes Scott McLemee. More...For many students, experiences as members of a particular racial or ethnic group are central to their identities, and those identities should not vanish in the name of colorblind admissions, writes Nicholas Soodik. More.../https%3A%2F%2Fprofilepics.canalblog.com%2Fprofilepics%2F1%2F0%2F1076071.jpg)
