Humanities, Anyone?
Apr 11, 2012 by Jascha Kessler |
Jascha Kessler explains why teaching the humanities just isn't what it use to be.
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Liberal Education Needs More Disruptive Technology
Apr 04, 2012 by Jason Fertig |
Why can’t we decouple liberal learning from college degrees?
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Princeton and Urbana Universities: A Tale of Two Schools
Mar 05, 2012 by Richard Vedder |
Tax policies favor rich colleges, even though small, struggling liberal-arts colleges probably make far better use of incremental private donations, says Richard Vedder.
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The Liberal Arts Bubble
Jan 11, 2012 by John Agresto |
John Agresto writes that the bubble before the bubble is the collapse of the liberal arts among student majors today. This article appeared in the winter 2011 issue of Academic Questions (vol. 24, no. 4).
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The Many Problems of Online Education
Dec 20, 2011 by J.M. Anderson |
Online courses are very popular with students, and have the enthusiastic endorsement of senior academic administrators. The only problem, says J.M. Anderson, is that the students aren't learning anything.
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Three Cheers for Useless Education
Nov 29, 2011 by J.M. Anderson |
A community college dean argues that the value of a liberal arts education is not primarily monetary or vocational, and that's just fine.
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What Does Bowdoin Teach?
Sep 30, 2011 by Peter Wood |
The National Association of Scholars announces the beginning of a new project examining the curriculum, student activities, and campus values of Bowdoin College as a case study to learn what a contemporary liberal arts college… Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >
Video: J. Budziszewski on a Primer on Natural Law
Jul 27, 2011 by |
Professor J. Budziszewski discusses classical Natural Law with Inside Academia's Andy Nash.
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Higher Education’s Role in Coarsening Popular American Tastes
Mar 03, 2011 by Ashley Thorne, Peter Wood |
Peter Wood has an interesting couple of articles on the Chronicle's Innovations blog this week. He compares Lily Bart, a fictional character in the 1905 novel The House of Mirth with Lady Gaga and talks about how higher… Continue Reading | 1 Comment >
Ideology in the Industrial Relations Academy
Feb 25, 2011 by Mitchell Langbert |
The Labor and Employment Relations Association, previously called the Industrial Relations Research Association, is a learned society devoted to industrial and labor relations. Traditionally, LERA has supported the National Labor… Continue Reading | 3 Comments >
For-Profits Break the Monopoly on What a College Can Be
Jan 18, 2011 by Peter Wood |
In the final piece of his four-part series, Peter Wood argues that the United States needs the versatility that the for-profit sector provides.
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Prison Education: Can the Liberal Arts Liberate?
Dec 01, 2010 by Ashley Thorne |
A recent article in the Chronicle of Higher Education titled "Doing Time, With a Degree to Show for It," discusses the value of higher education for prison inmates. The author is a distinguished fellow at the Bard Prison Initiative. I… Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >
Online Ed’s Niche Role
Oct 29, 2010 by David Clemens |
Online education should serve as a home for orphaned liberal arts and "boutique" courses for motivated students.
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New Excellent Program: UCLA Center for Liberal Arts and Free Institutions
Oct 28, 2010 by Ashley Thorne |
This center fosters the study of free institutions, Great Books, Shakespeare's plays, and the meaning of life.
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NYT Debate: Do Colleges Need French Departments?
Oct 18, 2010 by Ashley Thorne |
In light of SUNY-Albany's cuts to its foreign language programs, the New York Times asked eight higher ed experts, "Do colleges need French departments?" Heres a takeaway sentence from each one. (See also this SUNY-Albany… Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >
