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Who Are Today’s College Students? The Marginalized Majority

04 Nov 2019

Given the depiction of the American college experience in television, movies, and the nightly news, you might think typical high school seniors...

Will the 2020 Election Bring an End to Student Debt?

29 Jul 2019

From climate change to immigration to an escalating trade war, the United States faces a spate of crises from all directions. Yet...

Support Your Local Library Today: Advocacy Tips for Literary Enthusiasts of All Ages

26 Jun 2019

“Having fun isn’t hard, when you’ve got a library card.” —Arthur the Aardvark If you are reading this article, you are literate—a...

Speak Out against Defunding Philosophy and Sociology in Brazil

13 May 2019

Jair Bolsonaro, the president of Brazil, has announced a plan to withdraw funding for the teaching and study of philosophy and sociology...

The 2020 Trump Budget: What it Means for Higher Education

19 Mar 2019

The Trump administration has released its proposal for the 2020 federal budget, and, unsurprisingly, it includes extensive cuts to funding for the...

Differential Tuition in Higher Education: What Does It Mean for Schools, Students, and the Public Good?

15 Jan 2019

Much has been written recently about the steadily rising cost of attending colleges and universities in the United States, increases related, in...

Building Relationships with the New Congress

18 Dec 2018

Guest post by Beatrice Gurwitz, Deputy Director, National Humanities Alliance More than ninety new members of Congress are in the process of hiring...

The 2018 Midterm Elections: What the Results Mean for Higher Education

11 Dec 2018

Although the 2018 midterm ballots are still being counted, there is little doubt that the congressional landscape is changing. While Republicans still...

Speaking Out for the Humanities at the 2019 MLA Benefit

15 Nov 2018

“A man’s pursuit of knowledge is greater than his shortcomings, the limits of his vision.” The words of Natasha Trethewey, the former...

Going Public: Humanities beyond the Classroom

25 Sep 2018

What is the public value of the humanities? While perennial debates continue around attempts to answer that question, a public humanities movement...

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Court Sets Narrow Standard in Application of Title lX

Decision could minimize colleges’ and universities’ responsibility for victims of sexual misconduct.

Concern Over Decline in National Reading Scores

On nation's report card, two out of three children did not meet the standards for reading proficiency.

Border Studies: Beyond the Boundaries of a Single Discipline

13 Nov 2019

In our increasingly interconnected world, the symbolic and material effects of borders and bordering have generated growing interest from scholars across the humanities and social sciences, leading to the emergence, in the last few decades, of border studies as a major field of pedagogy. The burgeoning field of border studies encompasses a broad range of...