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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/

NEWS BRIEFS: When a Liberal Arts College Drops the Liberal Arts

Case in point: Adrian College (MI). Read details at MLive.
by Future U/ August 31, 2020/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Academic Apocalypse? Russ Douthat Thinks So

Read his trenchant analysis here. It’s from The New York Times.
by Future U/ January 11, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Number of English Majors Are Down Double Digits, But Society Needs More Not Fewer

Why? Economists speak out in this article published recently in the Washington Post.
by Future U/ October 21, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Woe is Higher Ed! The Fight to Save Languages From the Curricular Ax

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/

PERSPECTIVES: Why Study History? (sad we have to ask and answer that question)

Read Elizabeth A. Lehfeldt’s take at Inside Higher Education. 
by Future U/ January 12, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Faculty Member Writes, “I’m Firing Michigan State”

Professor Joy Lisi Rankin tells why in Medium. 
by Future U/ November 30, 2018/ Higher Ed, MSU, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: History, The Vanishing Major

Inside Higher Education’s Colleen Flaherty offers numbers and commentary. Read more here.
by Future U/ November 27, 2018/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: SOS For The Humanities?

Penn State’s Eric Hayor thinks so. Read why in The Chronicle of High Education.
by Future U/ July 3, 2018/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

NEWS BRIEFS: Saying Goodbye To English And History Majors

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/

NEWS BRIEFS: Jobs In The Humanities On Downtrend

So says The Modern Language Association. Read more here.
by Future U/ November 20, 2017/ Higher Ed, News Briefs/

PERSPECTIVES: Humanities Disconnect? Doctorates Awarded Up, Job Openings Down

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/

PERSPECTIVES: While Science Advances, The Humanities ….

“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/

NEWS BRIEFS: Humanities Majors Down 10% Since 2012

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/

PERSPECTIVES: I Owe My Career To The Liberal Arts

Stacey Henson is thankful for her liberal arts education. Read more here.
by Future U/ April 5, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/
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