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Higher Ed's Biggest Gamble
Whether we can actually teach students critical-thinking skills is one of the most overlooked and misunderstood issues in higher education today, argues John Schlueter.
This Picture Tells a Story
Those of us working in the humanities must accept that our golden age lasted just one generation, argues Leonard Cassuto, and was not the norm.
The Ordinary Instant
A shooting at a college can damage one's sense of identity, assumptions about safety and beliefs about the holiness of education, writes Megan Doney.
13 Ways of Looking at the Humanities
U of All People's David Galef pens a poem on the humanities.
Students, Keep Your Books
Paul T. Corrigan urges professors to educate their students about how the value and power of textbooks can endure long after graduation.
Who Should Talk About Science?
The administration and academic leadership of colleges and universities need to communicate far more effectively about science and its importance to the world outside academe, argues Jiri Hulcr.
A Faculty Stand on Assessment
To do justice to students and as a matter of professional duty, faculty members should be at the center of defining and measuring undergraduate learning outcomes, argue Josipa Roksa and Richard Arum.
Feeling the Spirit
Scott McLemee ruminates on the memoir of Barbara Ehrenreich, who, while more or less an agnostic, undergoes what sounds like the sort of crisis described by saints and mystics.