Opinion

It's not all sunshine and rainbows for digital humanities

I’ve discovered a lot of great books related to academic and research life. In the past couple weeks I have written about The Checklist Manifesto and The Nerdist Way, but here are five more books to add to that list:

I read this New York Times article, on non-wealthy and minority children who attend elite schools, and this IHE series, on dealing with racism on campus, with interest. It seems that isolation of students who are "different" is a widespread and tenacious problem that can begin as early as elementary school.

I grew up during the time that Detroit’s Big 3 ruled the automobile industry and grew up with an automobile being an important part of my American dream.

Chris R. Glass and Larry A. Braskamp write that colleges have responsibilities to prevent the racist incidents and isolation that have been reported recently.

Even if you are an academic and aspire to never leave the faculty ranks, you need to learn how to manage programs and projects, writes Nate Kreuter.

Colleges should confront the reality that many who enroll from abroad have ill-informed and racist attitudes about some minority groups, writes Zack Ritter.

This piece on the implications for higher ed in the election is well worth a read. Among other things, it...