Remedial Humanities: On Roosevelt Montás’s “Rescuing Socrates”A stirring if not fully persuasive defense of the university’s role in the formation of an informed citizenry....IGNACIO M. SÁNCHEZ PRADOEDUCATION
Suboptimal by Design: On Laura T. Hamilton and Kelly Nielsen’s “Broke: The Racial Consequences of Underfunding Public Universities”“Broke” exposes the University of California system as a textbook example of structural racism....CHRISTOPHER NEWFIELDEDUCATION
In Defense of Facts and Expertise: On Ronald J. Daniels’s “What Universities Owe Democracy”The project of reinvigorating the critical role of the public university has never been more urgent....PETER B. KAUFMANEDUCATION
Are “The Classics” Bad for You?Naomi Kanakia tackles the question of whether certain English class Classics - say, Pride and Prejudice - should still be taught in schools....NAOMI KANAKIAEDUCATION
We Other Humanists: On Paul Reitter and Chad Wellmon’s “Permanent Crisis: The Humanities in a Disenchanted Age”“Crisis” is both the driving force and the false consciousness of the humanities....MICHAEL MERANZEEDUCATIONREMAKING THE UNIVERSITY
Grotesque Inequity: Christopher Newfield on Higher EducationChristopher Newfield on the shift from public to privatized higher education, the imbalance in university funding, and how it's worsening our social crisis....JEFFREY J. WILLIAMSEDUCATION
Semipublic Intellectual Sessions: “On Leaving”A transcript of the panel discussion “On Leaving” — a conversation in the Semipublic Intellectual Sessions, which took place on October 14....SARAH CHIHAYA, ANDREA LONG CHU, K. AUSTIN COLLINS, LAUREN MICHELE JACKSON, CHRISTINE SMALLWOODEDUCATION
Toward a Non-Dogmatic Pedagogy: On Susan D. Blum’s “Ungrading”A collaborative polemic against rating-obsessed structures that inhibit good teaching and real learning....RYAN BOYDEDUCATION
A Socialist Alternative to Human Capital Theory?"The Death of Human Capital?" shows how to overcome the neoliberal capture and monetizing of education....AASHISH MEHTA, CHRISTOPHER NEWFIELDEDUCATION
The Myth of the Classically Educated EliteDespite the hype, neither American nor British elites have been particularly cultured....NAOMI KANAKIAEDUCATION
A Complicated Relationship: How California’s Community Colleges Educate Future Police and Why Our Curriculum Needs to ChangeCan academia and law enforcement occupy the same spaces? And if so, what’s the best way to proceed?...KEENAN NORRIS, RUBÉN MENDOZAEDUCATIONPOLITICS
The Struggle for Black Education: On Jarvis R. Givens’s “Fugitive Pedagogy”An outstanding contribution to the history of Black education that focuses on the career of Carter G. Woodson....RANDAL MAURICE JELKSEDUCATION
The Promise and Perils of the Academic Social ContractSophie Duvernoy takes stock of “Allies and Rivals,” Emily J. Levine’s history of the modern research university....SOPHIE DUVERNOYEDUCATION
“Cobbling It All Together”: Mary Helen Washington and Shaun Myers, In ConversationMary Helen Washington and Shaun Myers discuss navigating the university environment as Black women....MARY HELEN WASHINGTON, SHAUN MYERSEDUCATION
Demographic Realism and the Crisis of Higher EducationDemographics isn’t destiny, it is simply the most recent version of a long line of self-serving administrative ideologies....DAN NEMSER, BRIAN WHITENEREDUCATION
Pitching the DisciplineSebastian Lecourt considers "Humanist Reason," the new book by Eric Hayot....SEBASTIAN LECOURTEDUCATIONREMAKING THE UNIVERSITYPHILOSOPHY & CRITICAL THEORYCULTURAL STUDIES
What We’re Owed: John Warner on the Future of Higher EducationRyan Boyd reviews John Warner’s latest book, “Sustainable. Resilient. Free.: The Future of Public Higher Education.”...RYAN BOYDEDUCATIONREMAKING THE UNIVERSITYPOLITICS
Meritocracy and Its Discontents: The View from Outside Harvard YardChristopher Kutz reviews Michael Sandel's new book, "The Tyranny of Merit: What's Become of the Common Good?"...CHRISTOPHER KUTZEDUCATIONPOLITICS
College Admissions Fiction and the Asian American Teen ImaginaryTwo new YA novels explore the power of meritocratic myths in Asian American life....KION YOUEDUCATIONYOUNG ADULT & CHILDREN’S LITERATURE
The Beginning of Our SalvationAurelian Craiutu finds himself "Lost in Thought," the new book by Zena Hitz....AURELIAN CRAIUTUEDUCATIONPHILOSOPHY & CRITICAL THEORY
The Fallacy of American Studies: A ConversationOn xenolinguaphobia and the provincialism of American Studies....ILAN STAVANS, STEVEN G. KELLMANEDUCATIONPOLITICSCULTURAL STUDIES
Meeting “Your Own Inner Middle Schooler”: A Conversation with Judith WarnerDevorah Heitner speaks with Judith Warner about her new book, “And Then They Stopped Talking to Me: Making Sense of Middle School.”...DEVORAH HEITNEREDUCATIONNONFICTION
Blackademic Lives Matter: An Interview with Lavelle PorterPatricia A. Matthew interviews Lavelle Porter about his recent book, "The Blackademic Life: Academic Fiction, Higher Education, and the Black Intellectual."...PATRICIA A. MATTHEWEDUCATIONLITERARY CRITICISM
Fraud by Numbers: Metrics and the New Academic MisconductUCLA professor of Law and Communication Mario Biagioli dissects how metric-based evaluations are shaping university agendas....MARIO BIAGIOLIEDUCATIONREMAKING THE UNIVERSITYSCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
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