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Humane Ingenuity 36: 15% Faster

Dan Cohen

Mittell wonders aloud about his experiments: Are they acts of scholarship? Here’s the full article, “ Deformin’ in the Rain: How (and Why) to Break a Classic Film ,” which is currently in “preview” mode in Digital Humanities Quarterly. To be continued in a subsequent edition of Humane Ingenuity. Yes, yes, and yes. Tune in.

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Discounted tuition by major devalues the humanities (letter)

Inside Higher Ed

Before we start down this slippery slope, let’s consider what we can do to address the assumptions and change the crisis narrative surrounding the humanities. Discounting tuition for the humanities reinforces already unsustainable and inequitable practices. Rising student loan debt and tuition need to be addressed.

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Have you seen these 10 Terrible Tenure Decision Making Patterns?

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Universities are making vocal commitments to recruit faculty who represent the diversity of the student population. Tenure is a key moment at which people exit university doors, perhaps because the doors slammed shut. Nikole Hannah-Jones at University of North Carolina and Dr. Cornel West at Harvard ) reveal a broader systemic pattern.

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UA Libraries’ Digital Archival Project Empowers Voices Among U.S.-Mexico Border Communities

Insight Into Diversity

Serving as the heart of knowledge and scholarship in higher education, academic libraries are uniquely positioned to advance and support digital and data-driven storytelling and archival efforts, especially as they relate to marginalized communities. In addition to its inherent cross-disciplinary nature, the study of the U.S.-Mexico

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Scholar Who Creates Inclusive Spaces - Dr. Melva Treviño Peña

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Title: Assistant Professor, Department of Fisheries, Animal, and Veterinary Sciences, University of Rhode Island Tenured: No Age: 36 Education: B.A., international affairs, University of Nevada, Reno; M.S., geography and environmental resources, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; and Ph.D.,

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India-Canada row causing “anxiety” in international education

The PIE News

In 2018, the sector was “caught in the crossfire” after Canada’s foreign minister spoke out about human rights issues in Saudi Arabia. Following a row, Saudi students on government scholarships were ordered out of the country.

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Rhodes College Awarded $800,000 for Research on Racial Equity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Awarded by the Andrew Mellon Foundation, the nation’s largest supporter of the arts and humanities, the college has announced the creation of the Institute for Race and Social Transformation. “We We are grateful for support from the Mellon Foundation,” said Dr. Jennifer Collins, president of Rhodes Colleges.

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