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3 Questions for Stanford’s Carissa Little
A conversation with an associate dean of global and online education.
The Central Role of the Study of Tragedy
To better prepare undergraduates for life’s complexities, place tragedy front and center in humanities classes.
Higher Education’s Forgotten Aim
The misguided priorities of the contemporary university.
Student Activism as a Catalyst for Institutional Reflection
How recent protests are redefining educational priorities, policies and practices.
A ‘Universities on Fire’–Inspired Reading List
A list of books and reviews on climate change and higher education.
A Time for Leaders, Not Managers
Some positive and negative examples in the real world.
Higher Education at a Crossroads
Will we allow a college education to become more stratified, transactional, and vocational, or will we push back and create a model that is more developmental and transformational?
Jackson Lears: The Scholar as Cultural Critic
Cultural critique as a model for humanistic study.