Scientists and Engineers Need Literature
…we read a work of fiction, we come to empathize with the characters. We come to know them from the inside. Literature is how we download another’s mind into our…
…we read a work of fiction, we come to empathize with the characters. We come to know them from the inside. Literature is how we download another’s mind into our…
Today’s college freshmen can be trained to write well—and in one semester. I will describe one way it can be done. Let’s start with an example from “Tom,” written in…
…will not work. The American Library Association lists the MLS (master’s in library science) as a requirement to serve as a librarian in most types of libraries. A study of…
…both legislated expectations and our study—conducted with as strict adherence to the Delaware Study methods as possible—and the data sent to the Delaware Study by the only school we could…
…that corrosion. At least Bruce’s closely argued book will give you a floor plan of the funhouse. To teach in community college, after your B.A., you will need an M.A.;…
…family, wealth, and their mental health to earn a degree with terrible job prospects. In the United States, PhD students work as researchers, teaching assistants, and instructors as they study….
…earning $150,000 annually and free of student debt, a day of reckoning may be on the horizon. Perhaps more and more students will see that a two-year technical program or…
…In sum, the Board of Governors has decided that discourse and inquiry will remain free on the Chapel Hill campus, and that students will receive a proper grounding in what…
…that individuals can be punished for speech that is considered “discrimination.” Speech is free or it is not. Enquiry is open or it is closed. At many universities, such policies…
…Campus Free Speech Act, into law. Four states, North Carolina, Wisconsin, Arizona, and Georgia have now adopted regulations based on the Goldwater Institute’s model campus free speech legislation, of which…