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Climate Change, the University and ‘The Great Displacement’
A fantastic companion book to Bryan Alexander’s newly published Universities on Fire.
Memorializing a Fraught Past
How to make statues and monuments more meaningful when past figures and events’ legacies are complicated or ambiguous.
Doubling Down on Nathan Heller's Flawed Essay
English professors shouldn't repeat romanticized myths about the state of their field.
Couch, Clinic, Scanner
Scott McLemee reviews David Hellerstein’s The Couch, the Clinic, and the Scanner: Stories From Three Revolutionary Eras of the Mind.
20 Years of Experiencing Asian Invisibility in Academe
While some people may dismiss the phenomenon as no big deal, it is so strong that it’s as if a person does not physically exist, writes Keith Nabb.
Friday Fragments: Parenting Edition
Good news for student parents; good news for purveyors of “dad jokes”; good news from The Boy.
Are Universities ‘How the World Became Rich’?
A higher education–centric theory of economic development.