Filter & Sort
Coming Together to Support the Nation’s STEM Pipeline
This is an opportune time to emphasize systemic changes that need to occur to nurture the next generation of scientists, Adriana Bankston writes.
Thoughts on Paul LeBlanc’s ‘Broken,’ Part 1
When means become ends in themselves.
Failing the Profession
Nursing school admissions practices need to change if the field is to become more diverse, writes Mindy N. Galvan.
Why I’d Gladly Exchange My Tenure for a Union
Juliet Shields hopes the dismantling of tenure seen at Emporia State and elsewhere might give way to a better system for protecting faculty rights—unionization.
Bradford DeLong’s ‘Slouching Towards Utopia’
An economic history of the long 20th century.
Why We Should Worry About the Decline of American Intellectual History as a Field of Study
Intellectual history matters because ideas matter.
Friday Fragments
Reader response, illiquid assets and Gertrude Stein gazing upon cows.
‘One Thing a Person Cannot Do…’
“… is to draw up a list of things that would never occur to him!” A Thomas Schelling quote prompts Julius Nagy to reflect on the value of a liberal arts education.