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The diversity requirements at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst demonstrate a troubling shift from proscription of speech to prescription of political attitudes, argue Daphne Patai and Harvey Silverglate.

By Daphne Patai and Harvey Silverglate

Several dozen faculty members, administrators, employers, and others recently came together to discuss how to measure student success in the humanities. Paula M. Krebs describes some of the strategies they identified.

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W. Robert Connor suggests five alternative -- and more effective -- ways to talk about the value of the humanities.

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Tiffany Kraft is fed up with her job and wants to explain the importance of not being an adjunct.

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Several developments in the humanities this week are as newsworthy as the Pulitzers -- and possibly more consequential in the long run, writes Scott McLemee.

By Scott McLemee

Administrators and faculty members desperately need a new language to characterize minority, low-income and first-generation students -- one that frees us from dependence on labels such as “disadvantaged,” argues Byron P. White.

By Byron P. White

At a time when everyone should be committed to lowering the cost of college, it could trigger a windfall for education marketers and become the most expensive component of a higher education, writes John Katzman.

By John Katzman