If you want to see one example of why a new populism has emerged in American universities in the last 10 years, take a look at a statement issued last … Continue reading “Faculty in Denial about Own Role in Decline of Humanities”
This spring, graduates throughout America will exit their institutions with diplomas that signify little about real learning. But Wyoming Catholic College, my institution, is immune to this disconnect. When 31 … Continue reading “At This New College, Yes to Latin and Hiking but No to Cellphones and Federal Aid”
More than six years have passed since Richard Arum and Josipa Roksa rocked the academic world with their landmark book, Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses. Their study of more … Continue reading “Why College Graduates Still Can’t Think”
Honest reporters and editors have asked a hard question since Election Day: How could we have been so staggeringly wrong about so much in 2016? On December 8, Dean Baquet, … Continue reading “What’s Wrong with Our Journalism Departments?”