Students Continue to Fight for Gun Reform
College students stage protests in remembrance of the Parkland, Florida, massacre. They seek to prevent another mass shooting.
Can College Really Become Less Affordable?
Cutting grants and loan options, a new bill could increase education costs and cause students to accrue more debt.
What’s Behind the Shortage of Black Teachers?
Teacher diversity lags well behind student diversity. One new study suggests that school districts’ hiring practices are standing in the way.
It Takes Humans to Build Robots
Microsoft executives: building better AI will depend on the "critical, philosophical and ethics-based skills” of liberal arts majors.
Which States Are Investing in Higher Education?
The small rise in state funding for higher education isn’t keeping pace with prices, and the outlook varies considerably by state.
Making the Case for the Humanities
Paula Krebs, the MLA’s executive director, talks about adjunct labor and the present and future of the humanities on the Brian Lehrer Show.
Elaine Scarry: Humanities in a World of Violence
"Will the humanities provide the tool that is needed to disassemble the nuclear triggers?" It’s not impossible that the answer is 'yes.'"
Tuition Free College Cannot Rely on Underpaid Faculty
Free college is a good thing. But not when it puts faculty and staff in a desperate situation. What's the down side of Seattle's new plan?
Writer-Scholar Detained in Cameroon
Stony Brook Univ. professor Patrice Nganang, who has published work critical of Cameroon's government, is being held by authorities.
Getting Smart About Post-PhD Employment
A recent humanities PhD shares his success story and offers guidance on how universities can help students thrive after graduate school.
