Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 9, 2023

The individual was referencing an article , “A Word From Abigail Thompson … a Vice President of the AMS,” that was published in a late-2019 issue of the Notices of the AMS and divided the math community at the time. Many attendees were members of at least one of the organizations—and often only one.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Can a research-intensive university also be learning- and learner-centered, as dedicated to the quality of students’ educational experience as it is to scholarship, publication and invention? What, then, would it take to achieve a greater balance between scholarship and teaching? I still vividly recall C.

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SRHE

MAY 11, 2023

The grants from these bodies are relatively large (for the arts, humanities and social sciences), and are typically expected to make a theoretical, not only empirical, contribution. When we look at the extant literature, there seems to be cause for concern.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 8, 2023

I may read fewer novels than when I was younger, but I read much more non-fiction: a seemingly unending torrent of books and articles, editorials, essays, social commentary, blog postings, tweets, and other long and short-form texts. But of all the articles I recently read, two stand out, and both share a common theme: The power of purpose.

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WCET Frontiers

JULY 28, 2023

**Editors note: A previous version of this post included a section with references to a news release and two news articles, on the University System of New Hampshire and a previously proposed plan to combine with additional institutions. However, social sciences and natural sciences are not exempt from being cut.

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WCET Frontiers

JULY 27, 2023

The majority of these programs are deemed low-enrollment and fall within undergraduate humanities: mostly religious studies, philosophy, English, creative writing, languages, history, fine arts, and classics. However, social sciences and natural sciences are not exempt from being cut. According to the Tampa Bay Times , St.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Count on The New York Post to come up with the tabloids’ most incendiary headlines and news article leads. We all recall “Headless Body in Topless Bar.” ” But what about some other headlines that are much more inflammatory or offensive. ” Or Alec Baldwin: “Dolt 45.

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SRHE

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Creative arts (CA-HE), often deemed less valuable than STEM subjects, are particularly threatened ( Puffett 2022 , Redmond 2020 ), evidenced in the closure of departments, and exacerbating the already tense relationship between the CA-HE and HE ( Elkins 2009 ). Octopuses and Tentacles. Three Hearts and Nine Minds.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 9, 2023

As faculty members with a commitment to nonpartisan student voter engagement and learning for democracy (Faculty Network for Student Voting Rights 2023), we wish to further shed light on an often underutilized area in the quest for increased student participation: the academic curriculum. The tide seems to be turning.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 28, 2023

A recent article identified some of those processes: climate change, deglobalization, demographic decline, and digital technologies, to which I’d add, challenges to liberal capitalism, liberal democracy, liberal internationalism, and even liberal education. They are cultural, demographic, economic, historical, and sociological.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 9, 2023

As faculty members with a commitment to nonpartisan student voter engagement and learning for democracy (Faculty Network for Student Voting Rights 2023), we wish to further shed light on an often underutilized area in the quest for increased student participation: the academic curriculum. The tide seems to be turning.

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