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3 Questions With University of London on Launching Scaled Online Bachelor’s Degrees on the Coursera Platform
A conversation with Sam Brenton, the director of online education.
Grants for Doctoral Students Remain Available
Some programs may be ending, but Mellon and ACLS still support dissertation work and early-career scholars.
Forging a Creative Life as an Academic
Too many people confess they can’t wait to retire so they can finally write what they really want. They spend years living and working in ways that are conditional and constraining, writes Deborah J. Cohan.
Patterns of Prestige
Scott McLemee reviews W. David Marx’s Status and Culture: How Our Desire for Social Rank Creates Taste, Identity, Art, Fashion, and Constant Change.
Friday Fragments
A surprising book recommendation, reader responses on fundraising and the return of The Girl.
Looking for the Academic Analogue to ‘Thank You for Your Servitude’
Are there nonfiction books on higher ed that are as funny as this book on the Trump presidency?
What Makes Popular History Popular?
What academic historians can learn from Robin Blackburn, Taylor Branch, Robert Caro, James Fallows, Howard French, Neal Gabler, Adam Hochschild, Harold Holzer, Nicholas Lemann, Anthony Lukas and Isabel Wilkerson.