Filter & Sort
The Central Role of the Study of Tragedy
To better prepare undergraduates for life’s complexities, place tragedy front and center in humanities classes.
Higher Education’s Forgotten Aim
The misguided priorities of the contemporary university.
Student Activism as a Catalyst for Institutional Reflection
How recent protests are redefining educational priorities, policies and practices.
Higher Education at a Crossroads
Will we allow a college education to become more stratified, transactional, and vocational, or will we push back and create a model that is more developmental and transformational?
Jackson Lears: The Scholar as Cultural Critic
Cultural critique as a model for humanistic study.
Opinion
Power, Identity and the Battle Over Campus Culture
Unpacking power dynamics and identity politics on college campuses.
From Draft Cards to Hashtags
The changing face of student protest from the 1960s to today.