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The Performing Arts Are the New Civics
Everyone’s talking about civics education. But the way we’re conceptualizing it is far too narrow—not to mention ideologically aligned.
UT Austin Cuts Women’s and Gender Studies Courses From Core Curriculum
The University of Texas at Austin will no longer count women’s, gender and sexuality courses toward core curriculum requirements, the...
UT Austin Axes Several Ethnic, Gender Studies Majors
Some faculty members consider the decision the next step in a broader effort to gut what remains of ethnic and gender studies at the university.
University of Houston Cuts 40% of Core Courses
The University of Houston System Board of Regents has approved removing about 40 percent of the courses that counted toward...
Under UT’s New Core Curriculum, Humanities Benefit but Faculty Are Limited
The new core will include a list of approved authors that faculty must select from to build their syllabi for certain courses, including Great Questions of Human Life and Masterworks of Literature.
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Homer Is Having a Resurgence—but You Wouldn’t Know It in Higher Ed
Popular demand for The Odyssey couldn’t be higher, even as classics departments find themselves targeted for cuts.
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Don’t Wave the White Flag on Reading Just Yet
I spent part of my summer trying to explain to college students why they should read. Here’s what I found.