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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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Asian Americans and Affirmative Action
The dispute raises fascinating intellectual questions about why racism affects minority groups in such different ways.
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What's Really at Stake in the Harvard Case
For many students, experiences as members of a particular racial or ethnic group are central to their identities, and those identities should not vanish in the name of colorblind admissions, writes Nicholas Soodik.
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Ethical College Admissions: A Focus on 'Fit'
A new report points to the need to challenge the cult of rankings, writes Jim Jump.
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A Friendly Critique of 'Palaces for the People’
What happens when three IHE bloggers recommend the same book?
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Stretch Your Teaching Muscles
Lessons in teaching undergraduates from across the (imagined) Humanities/STEM line.
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The Best Way Out Is Always Through
Sriram Khé describes what he wishes he learned in graduate school, especially when it comes to advising students.
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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.