Teaching Languages in Primary School: Is Younger Better?
Here’s an interesting statistic: At the rate of one hour of foreign language instruction per week, it would take 425 years for... Read More
Differential Tuition in Higher Education: What Does It Mean for Schools, Students, and the Public Good?
Much has been written recently about the steadily rising cost of attending colleges and universities in the United States, increases related, in... Read More
Building Relationships with the New Congress
Guest post by Beatrice Gurwitz, Deputy Director, National Humanities Alliance More than ninety new members of Congress are in the process of hiring... Read More
The 2018 Midterm Elections: What the Results Mean for Higher Education
Although the 2018 midterm ballots are still being counted, there is little doubt that the congressional landscape is changing. While Republicans still... Read More
Diversity in Academia: How Far We Haven’t Come
Most leaders at institutions of higher education profess a strong desire and intent to diversify their faculties and to ensure an inclusive... Read More
Learning to Learn: Teaching the Humanities in K–12 Classrooms
The ongoing discourse among educators, students, parents and business leaders about the value of studying the humanities most often centers on higher... Read More
Digital Literacy in K–12 Classrooms: Learning to Decode before Learning to Code
One might expect the first generation of digital natives, those who grew up immersed in digital technology, to be more media savvy... Read More
Going Public: Humanities beyond the Classroom
What is the public value of the humanities? While perennial debates continue around attempts to answer that question, a public humanities movement... Read More
“Why Study English?” A New Report Urges Departments to Examine the Major
As the number of students majoring in English continues to decline nationally, colleges and universities are taking stock and looking for ways... Read More
Should Student Evaluations of Teaching be Nixed?
How should colleges and universities evaluate the teaching performance of their faculty members? While there are numerous possibilities, student evaluations of teaching... Read More