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Review of Peter Burke's "Ignorance: A Global History"

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Column: Intellectual Affairs Three years ago Peter Burke published The Polymath ( Yale University Press ), an illustrated history of what are usually called Renaissance men or women. His new book, Ignorance: A Global History ( Yale University Press ), pivots to the complete antithesis of “inquisitive appetite.”

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Colleges award tenure

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Colleges award tenure

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Austin Porter, art history and American studies. Guy Bresler, electrical engineering and computer science. Otto Cordero, civil and environmental engineering. Michael Carbin, electrical engineering and computer science. Ming Guo, mechanical engineering. Stefanie Jegelka, electrical engineering and computer science.

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Teaching Courses that Provoke Student Anxiety

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This article first appeared in The Teaching Professor on April 22, 2019© Magna Publications. For more articles like this, check out The Teaching Professor subscription! Those of us concerned about student anxiety in our courses have history on our side. How can you be an engineer and not expect to have to give presentations?

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Teaching Courses that Provoke Student Anxiety

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This article first appeared in The Teaching Professor on April 22, 2019© Magna Publications. For more articles like this, check out The Teaching Professor subscription! Those of us concerned about student anxiety in our courses have history on our side. How can you be an engineer and not expect to have to give presentations?

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Parroting romanticized myths about English and humanities (letter)

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I write as a professor emeritus of English and history, who was trained in the humanities and the social sciences in the 1970s. I recall clearly that we undergraduates in the late 1960s were under pressure to major in engineering, business, pre-med, or pre-law. Yes In-Article Careers: 3 My pursuing the Ph.D.

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Colleges award tenure

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Adam Mestyan, history. Manolis Veveakis, civil and environmental engineering. Magazine treatment: Trending: Display Promo Box: Live Updates: liveupdates0 Most Popular: 3 In-Article Advertisement High: 6 In-Article related stories: 9 In-Article Advertisement Low: 12 Douglas Jones, theater studies.