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Beneath the Student Loan Crisis, There’s an ROI Crisis
The reality is college doesn’t pay off for many graduates—and until we’re more transparent about that, the student loan crisis will be a recurrent one, Chris Keaveney writes.
The Future of the NEH: Q&A With Chair Shelly Lowe
Lowe spoke with Inside Higher Ed about her goal for the National Endowment for the Humanities to reach more underrepresented communities in the U.S., her approach to leadership and her vision for the agency’s future.
English Professors Study More Than Books: Academic Minute
Today on the Academic Minute: Amy J. Lueck, associate professor of rhetoric and composition at Santa Clara University, explains that...
Ohio Supreme Court Won't Hear Oberlin Appeal
The Ohio Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to review a lower court’s ruling that Oberlin College must pay $36 million...
Collaborative Exploration in the Arts
Positive student outcomes can be achieved in many different ways. In today’s Academic Minute, Shenandoah University’s Ryan D. Romine examines...
Outsourcing Reproductive Health
After partnering with a Roman Catholic health-care system that said it wouldn’t provide students with birth control for contraception, Oberlin College abruptly changed course.
History Hiring in the Pandemic
New report from the American Historical Association shows that job ads, a proxy for faculty hiring, declined dramatically in 2020–21 but have started to rebound. The long-term outlook remains sobering.
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Are We Doing It Wrong?
How, in a polarized nation, Steph Liberatore asks, should we be teaching argument in the academy? Should we be focusing less on persuasion and more on understanding?