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

Inside Higher Ed

program in French and history, tells a story that resembles that of many humanities graduate students: that “the transformative experience I had in the classroom led me to dedicate my whole life to academia. The institution has a storied history. The article’s author, Hannah Leffingwell, A.B.D.

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Digging Deeper

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Kathleen Belew says she studies “the history of the present.” Put another way, she studies the history that shapes issues of the modern day. Belew is in her first year as an associate professor in the department of history at Northwestern University. The group was established amid the 2016 presidential election.

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Toward a more inclusive peer-review process (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

When asked what surprised her most about publishing after a summer spent working as an intern at one of our presses, a history graduate student replied, “In graduate school, we focus on tearing books apart. But I was impressed by how much you do in publishing to build up a book.”

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Defending Central European University and Academic Freedom: Elements of an Initial Response

GlobalHigherEd

Her main field of expertise and research is international and European human rights law, particularly on freedom of expression. The attack on CEU’s freedom as a university may be unprecedented in the history of the EU, but it is not unique. Kris Olds. ~~~~~~~. Sejal Parmar, Central European University. An emblem and catalyst.

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A Deeper Study of Higher Education Leadership

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

In academia, I've always been enamored with folks who can work the art of leadership in a really clear way, all kinds of models, all kinds of people who've inspired me to think, 'If I could just steal a little of that, a little of that.' He was inducted into the United States Distance Learning Association’s Hall of Fame in 2013.