humanities Archives

PERSPECTIVES: At Howard University, ‘Thou Doth Protest Too Much’ Seems Likely

The NYT’s rejoinder to Cornel West’s recent commentary rings hollow. Read it here.

by Future U/ May 3, 2021/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives/

Case in point: Adrian College (MI). Read details at MLive.

by Future U/ August 31, 2020/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

Read his trenchant analysis here. It’s from The New York Times.

by Future U/ January 11, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

Why? Economists speak out in this article published recently in the Washington Post.

by Future U/ October 21, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

Fort Lewis College (CO), like so many other lower-tier schools, is eliminating languages in exchange for offering students ‘marketable skills.’ …

by Future U/ February 12, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

Read Elizabeth A. Lehfeldt’s take at Inside Higher Education.

by Future U/ January 12, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

Professor Joy Lisi Rankin tells why in Medium.

by Future U/ November 30, 2018/ Higher Ed, MSU, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

Inside Higher Education’s Colleen Flaherty offers numbers and commentary. Read more here.

by Future U/ November 27, 2018/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

Penn State’s Eric Hayor thinks so. Read why in The Chronicle of High Education.

by Future U/ July 3, 2018/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

University of Wisconsin Stevens Point will no longer offer majors in a variety of fields in the humanities and social …

by Future U/ March 13, 2018/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

So says The Modern Language Association. Read more here.

by Future U/ November 20, 2017/ Higher Ed, News Briefs/

Scott Jaschik offers an analysis at Inside Higher Education. Read more here.

by Future U/ August 28, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

“When the humanities desert their mission and ally themselves with progress, they become dangerous adjuncts to ideological agendas,” writes Dean …

by Future U/ August 1, 2017/ Articles, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

But there is some good news in a report released by the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Read more …

by Future U/ June 5, 2017/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

Stacey Henson is thankful for her liberal arts education. Read more here.

by Future U/ April 5, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/