We receive eight different alumni magazines in our household. I read all of them. I am always looking for good stories and great writing. According to a recent piece at Inside Higher Ed, colleges and universities throughout the country are […]
higher education
No, accreditation requirements won’t save the humanities
Gutting the humanities in declining institutions never stops the decline–but leaders still try.
A new era for humanities and social science PhD programs?
BU is suspending admission into humanities and social science PhD programs for next year. What does this mean?
David Blight: “We need to openly recommit to learning and teaching about the whole of our knowledge…as much or more than we stress our racial, ethnic and gendered parts.”
Yale historian David Blight has some wise words for elite institutions of higher education: “We” need to openly recommit to learning and teaching about the whole of our knowledge — our histories, our literature, our sciences, our social structures, as […]
Interview: Chris Gehrz, College for Christians
Your choice of college may be less important than the choices you make at college.
Daniel K. Williams at The Raised Hand: interview on what college students need to learn
Today at The Raised Hand, you can listen to Kathryn Wagner’s interview with my favorite American historian about a topic near and dear to his heart–and it is the central question for this year at The Raised Hand: what does […]
Cornerstone University appears to have stripped the “emeritus” status of a professor who is critical of an administration that surrounds itself with “bullet-proof glass.”
The drama continues at Cornerstone University. Get up to speed here. David L. Turner, a retired Cornerstone University professor, has also been chronicling the sad state of affairs at the Grand Rapids, Michigan Christian college. He spent thirty-two years on […]
Building up the evangelical mind: Asbury University Honors Program and Lewis House in Lexington, KY Â
Two relatively new institutions are doing great work for the future of the evangelical mind.
The Author’s Corner with Amanda E. Hayes
Amanda E. Hayes is Associate Professor of English at Kent State University Tuscarawas. This interview is based on her new book, The Madison Women: Gender, Higher Education, and Literacy in Nineteenth-Century Appalachia (West Virginia University Press, 2024). JF: What led […]
Secular academia’s hostility to professors
While higher tier institutions may have a problem with conservatives, lower-tier state universities have a problem with faculty.
“More Christian Colleges Will Close. Can They Finish Well?” My piece in Christianity Today
John Fea has been blogging extensively about the crisis in Christian higher ed and, really, higher ed more generally–see here for content on this site tagged as “higher education.” This has also been a matter of great concern for me […]
Should a women’s college bar transgender students?
Does a women’s college stop being a women’s college if it admits transgender students? Sweet Briar College was recently faced with this question and it answered “yes.” Sweet Briar has decided to maintain its mission as a woman’s college by […]
Ready to take a chance again
As the old song goes, we’re ready to take a chance again. Who knows what the next year will bring.
How does a university exist without librarians?
I am worried about posting this article from Inside Higher Ed because I don’t want to give academic administrators any ideas. Western Illinois University is laying off all nine of its library faculty. What is happening to higher education? Here […]
Some thoughts on that Newsweek story on Christian colleges
Have you seen Rachel Dobkin’s story on “cancel culture” at evangelical colleges? If not, read it here. Dobkin’s writes: “An increasing number of academics are speaking out about Christian colleges, claiming they were forced out of their jobs because of the rising […]
Ben Sasse steps down as president of the University of Florida
From Sasse’s X feed: Dear Gator Nation and cherished friends, This isn’t an easy note to write but wanted to give you an update on our family. As many of you know, my wife Melissa suffered an aneurysm and series […]
Cornerstone University’s problems suddenly look a lot worse
We’ve learned from several credible sources that less than a month before firing seven tenured professors, the Cornerstone Board of Trustees authorized the removal of all tenure protections from all tenured faculty in every discipline across the university, turning them […]
The chair of Cornerstone University’s Board of Trustees responds to the school’s cuts in arts and humanities (UPDATED)
Are you new to this story? Get up to speed here. The alumni of Cornerstone University recently received this statement from Richard S. Koole, chair of the Cornerstone University Board. Current was able to obtain a copy: Fellow Alumni, Like […]
Where are the conservatives and pluralists in higher education?
Steve Teles, a political scientist at The Johns Hopkins University, writes: “The university’s ideological narrowing has advanced so far that even liberal institutionalists–faculty who believe universities should be places of intellectual pluralism and adhere to the traditional academic norms of […]
Yet another Christian college will close its doors
Last month we called your attention to Clarks Summit University, the Christian college that was staying open this summer thanks to the work of volunteers. Today we learn that the school, formerly known as Baptist Bible College, is closing. I […]