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Universities and the culture wars

John Fea   |  June 1, 2022

Wesleyan University president Michael Roth‘s answer to the “culture war” is “culture peace.” Here is a taste of his piece today at Insider Higher Ed: We have often looked to schools and universities as places where inquiry and debate can […]

Johann Neem “walks among the ruins” of the modern university

John Fea   |  March 11, 2022

Some of you may recall our conversation with Johann Neem in Episode 54 of The Way of Improvement Leads Home Podcast. In that episode we talked with the Western Washington University historian about his book What’s the Point of College. […]

What is going on at Iowa State University?

John Fea   |  March 10, 2022

The university is cutting liberal arts and programs. The administration describes it as a “reimagining” of the liberal arts. History is taking one of the hardest hits. Here is Katherine Kealey at Iowa State Daily: Departments were divided up based […]

Faculty respond to the “great faculty disengagement”

John Fea   |  January 31, 2022

Earlier this month we called your attention to what Kevin R. McClure and Alisa Hicklin Fryar called “The Great Faculty Disengagement.” Since the McClure and Fryar’s piece appeared at The Chronicle of Education, the Chronicle has been collecting faculty responses […]

College and university faculty members are disengaging

John Fea   |  January 21, 2022

Here is a taste of Kevin R. McClure and Alisa Hicklin Fryar’s recent Chronicle of Higher Education piece, “The Great Faculty Disengagement.” Sadly, I can relate to some of it: …most faculty members aren’t making big job moves. For them, the Great […]

Northwestern University posted the names of unvaccinated students…in 1902

John Fea   |  August 20, 2021

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