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How can we access the non-economic benefits of the Humanities?

HEPI

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Annabel Dukes, Research Associate at the Centre for Medieval Studies, University of York. By contrast, the potential for humanities research knowledge to contribute to society is overlooked and underexploited. And yet it is a crucial element of the value of humanities subjects.

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Midtier: Broad-Access Universities Are the Key to Increasing Educational Opportunity

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma U.S. News ’ college rankings contain an unlikely category that you might not expect: “A-Plus Schools for B Students.” The Ivies, the flagships, the land-grants and the extremely selective and even moderately selective private universities and liberal arts colleges will do fine.

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The College Classroom as an Arena of Contention

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Outrageous. Those are just a few of the words that two Fox News critics used in 2007 to describe Rupert Murdock’s agenda-driven rightwing propaganda machine in their riotously funny, profanity-laced takedown, Fair and Balanced My Ass! Outlandish. Mendacious, malevolent, misleading. Skewed, slanted, shoddy.

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Why Liberal Education Matters

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Start spreading the news. Which leaves the liberal arts, and especially the humanities, where? As Georgetown’s Center for Education and the Workforce says : “Majoring in business pays off. ” Wait a second. My undergraduates already know that. million, well above the median of $3.2

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Is Teaching About Power and Privilege Education or Indoctrination?

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Count on The New York Post to come up with the tabloids’ most incendiary headlines and news article leads. ” But what about some other headlines that are much more inflammatory or offensive. ” Or Eliot Spitzer, another shamed New York governor: “Ho No.”

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The Forces That Are Shaping the Future of Higher Education

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma The past’s meaning only becomes clear in hindsight. Even as we fixate on headline news, the true drivers of transformation occur out of sight. Hyperbolic and apocalyptic headlines to the contrary, the news isn’t all bad. This is the case in politics, but it’s also true in higher education.

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Disruption, Evolution, and Leadership

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

A Conversation With Paul LeBlanc, President, Southern New Hampshire University. I was passionate about technology," he recalled, "so I was able to persuade the board and the faculty and my colleagues to open up a new graduate center. "I And that really became a source of new revenues and strengthened the school.