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Democratizing the Great Books

At a time when many of the values that underpin our democracy are under threat, educators of whatever political disposition should introduce students to the history of ideas that have shaped our contemporary world, write Casey N. Blake, Roosevelt Montás and Tamara Mann Tweel.
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Language of Appeasement

By substituting diversity and inclusion rhetoric for transformative efforts to promote equity and justice, colleges have avoided recognizable institutional change, contends Dafina-Lazarus Stewart.

The Plight of the (Fictional) Liberal College President

The Devil and Webster depicts feminist campus leader struggling to deal with escalating student protest over tenure denial she knows (but can’t explain in public) was justified.

Are Mergers in Pennsylvania Higher Ed's Future?

Politics, geography and history all prevent the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education from following Georgia's consolidation path.

Uproar Over Anti-Bias Effort at Gustavus Adolphus

Posters that were meant to educate instead angered many.

Another Berkeley Star Accused

Berkeley is again in hot water for allegedly protecting the reputation of a prominent professor instead of acting on reports of harassment against him. The case this time involves John R. Searle, a noted philosopher of language.
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When Students Self-Segregate

Should we intervene, a faculty member asks, when students automatically choose to join groups of their own race in the classroom?

Pregnant, Single, Fired

Federal court finds Christian college lacked the right to tell pregnant instructor to either marry the father of child she was carrying, stop living with him or lose her job.