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Parroting romanticized myths about English and humanities (letter)

Inside Higher Ed

To refer to only the humanities “in free fall” since 2013 misreads longer-term trends and makes understanding impossible. I write as a professor emeritus of English and history, who was trained in the humanities and the social sciences in the 1970s. Yes In-Article Careers: 3 My pursuing the Ph.D.

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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Associate Engineering Program at Wright College (EPW) Part of the City Colleges of Chicago, Wright College is home to an engineering cohort program that has grown from nine students at its inception to 550 today. Espiritu says EPW creates a sense of belonging in the engineering program and in the profession.

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EdTech Malaise: “He Not Busy Born is Busy Dying”

eLiterate

Nothing in Pearson’s history prepared it to think about how effective its products are at helping students learn. It was in 2013 and it certainly is now. OK, those are all ancient history. The cynical jokes are much too easy here. Both companies made real efforts to transform themselves. And fill in gaps.

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Carnegie Mellon–Africa receives $275M investment

Inside Higher Ed

The graduate school has offered two-year master’s degrees through CMU’s renowned college of engineering since 2011. CMU-Africa was established as CMU-Rwanda in 2011 as a partnership between the Rwandan government and the Pittsburgh-based university renowned for its engineering and technology programs.

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Greece weighs the future of "university asylum"

Inside Higher Ed

But with the weight of history looming large, it has yet to make an impact. A little graffiti is a misdemeanor next to the unrest of 2013, when Athens streets burned with antiausterity protests and the rapper Pavlos Fyssas was murdered by the neofascist group Golden Dawn. Covering Up the Graffiti. Is this Career Advice newsletter?:

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AAUP Report on Political Interference in Higher Education: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 185 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Henry “Hank” Reichman

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” This report marks a critical juncture in the AAUP’s history, being one of only eight special reports issued, and underscores a growing concern over political interference in the realm of academic governance. Professor of History, CSU East Bay1989-2010, Prof. Emeritus, 2015-present. Emeritus, 2015-present.

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Educational gag orders are a student rights issue (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

According to his mother, it caused Blake to have traumatizing nightmares; she complained to The Washington Post in 2013, “I’m not thinking my kid is going to be reading a book with bestiality.” Roots isn’t “history.” Afterward, for the first time, I was enraged about my education.

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