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Living the ‘Vita Contemplativa’
Scott McLemee reviews Byung-Chul Han’s Vita Contemplativa: In Praise of Inactivity.
University Culture and ‘The Geek Way’
What higher ed should absorb and reject from tech culture.
There’s a New (Il)literacy Myth
Too frequently scholars and the media dangerously misrepresent students’ ability to read and interest in reading.
Learning a Language Called ‘How to Provost’
Laurie McLary reflects on what it’s like to wholly, humanly inhabit an administrative role whose language and norms you are only just learning.
In Defense of FIRE
John K. Wilson argues that a recent defense of the AAUP goes too far in denouncing the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression.
Rights Consciousness
Rights are a product of conflict, resistance, struggle and negotiation, not consensus.
What We’re LEARNing
Early indications from a new national effort to recognize undergraduate learning.
DEI Retrenchment on Campus Is Far Worse Than Maps Show
They don’t capture local-level and self-imposed efforts to defund, eliminate or otherwise suppress diversity and inclusion efforts.