Just Pass Everyone

…Sahlins, academics can be certain of two things: Someday, they will all be dead, and ultimately, they will all be proven wrong. (Sahlins’s tip for a successful scholarly career—make sure…


Students and Parents: Read This Book

…Institute) have written a strong challenge to the conventional wisdom that getting a college degree is a great idea for almost every American. “Talented students,” the authors write, “will be…


Higher Education’s Legal Battlefield

…decision won’t be announced for months, but it will almost certainly reject the argument that a state’s electorate can’t choose a color-blind policy. The decisions in Fisher and Schuette will



Can’t We All Just “Belong”?

…by a professor who wrote, “Black people will never belong there because we weren’t meant to—not then, not now, not ever.” “Belonging” can lapse into safetyism and censorship.In a statement…


How Many MFAs in Video and Film?

…this revamped degree will help the school increase its enrollment and “make more efficient use of existing departmental resources.” UNCSA’s proposal simply stated, “We feel confident that we will be…