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The Practical Humanities

They prepare students for the challenges they will confront in their professional, political, social and cultural lives, argues Elizabeth H. Bradley.
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Saving the Humanities and Ben Franklin’s Ass

Assertions about the value of the humanities should not be predominantly defensive responses to those who mistakenly deride the economic outcomes of such an education, warns Robert Newman.

Careful Consent

Author discusses her new book on "hookup culture" on college campuses and how universities can improve their education around sex and Title IX.

What the Doctor Ordered: Medical Schools

As midsize, nonelite private institutions look to the future, they're turning to an unlikely path: building new medical schools.
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Billion-Year Spree

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.

No Regrets

Large-scale humanities Ph.D. tracking effort finds most would do it all over again, if given the choice, and that these Ph.D.s believe their programs prepared them for diverse career paths, especially after the first few years following graduation.
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The One-Time-Only Trigger Warning

Stephen J. Ceci, Scott O. Lilienfeld and Wendy M. Williams suggest a possible solution to the thorny debate over the practice.

Obama Student Loan Rule to Take Effect

Federal judge rejects challenge to 2016 borrower-defense rule, clearing the way for new benefits for borrowers, including tens of thousands who attended defunct for-profit colleges.