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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 Disable left side advertisement?:

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College presidents move to cultural institutions (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

With the recent announcement that Sean Decatur would assume the presidency of the American Museum of Natural History in New York after nearly a decade at the helm of Kenyon College, at least five major American cultural institutions will be headed by former presidents of small liberal arts colleges. Is this diversity newsletter?:

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Study finds true faculty diversity is possible by 2050

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percentage points each year on average between 2013 and 2020. ” Accounting for time to tenure, the researchers estimate that between 2013 and 2020, 45,309 Ph.D.s Another study from 2019 found faculty diversity increased very little nationwide from 2013 to 2017, with large research institutions showing the least progress of all.

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What Should We Do About Undergrads Who Want to Pursue a Humanities Doctorate?

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Blog: Higher Ed Gamma The December 2022 issue of Jacobin , which bills itself as “a leading voice of the American left, offering socialist perspectives on politics, economics and culture,” contains a provocative article entitled “I Love Higher Education. The article’s author, Hannah Leffingwell, A.B.D.

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The Robbins Review – Lessons for the Future by Professor Huw Morris

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This article looks back at the report and considers what the lessons might be for politicians, officials and higher education leaders contemplating a future review. As others have shown in the recent past, not least Nick Hillman in his article on the Anderson Report in 1960, many parts of this expansion were already in train (Hillman, 2013).

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A professor's job is endangered for teaching about race

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Lewis Phenomenon: Christianity and the Public Sphere (2013) and Golden Notes , a novel (2016). His articles on a wide variety of subjects—18th-century British literature, C.S. He “is the author of The C.S. Is this Career Advice newsletter?:

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Reflections on Teaching: Learning from Our Stories

Faculty Focus

This article first appeared in The Teaching Professor on June 12, 2013 © Magna Publications. We make history as we move through it and that is the hope.’” All rights reserved. Here’s a great story. She takes notes furiously, trying to capture as many of his words as possible.

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