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Living the ‘Vita Contemplativa’
Scott McLemee reviews Byung-Chul Han’s Vita Contemplativa: In Praise of Inactivity.
Jazz’s Rise, Fall and Continuing Legacy
How jazz moved from a position of dominance in popular music to a niche music but also to the status of Black classical music.
University Culture and ‘The Geek Way’
What higher ed should absorb and reject from tech culture.
There’s a New (Il)literacy Myth
Too frequently scholars and the media dangerously misrepresent students’ ability to read and interest in reading.
In Defense of FIRE
John K. Wilson argues that a recent defense of the AAUP goes too far in denouncing the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression.
What We’re LEARNing
Early indications from a new national effort to recognize undergraduate learning.
Learning a Language Called ‘How to Provost’
Laurie McLary reflects on what it’s like to wholly, humanly inhabit an administrative role whose language and norms you are only just learning.
Rights Consciousness
Rights are a product of conflict, resistance, struggle and negotiation, not consensus.