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Bradford DeLong’s ‘Slouching Towards Utopia’
An economic history of the long 20th century.
Why We Should Worry About the Decline of American Intellectual History as a Field of Study
Intellectual history matters because ideas matter.
Stop Asking Me for the Hummus Recipe
Such comments reveal an alarming level of misunderstanding, if not ignorance, of the Arab American community, reducing us to stereotypes and implying that we don’t belong, writes Mireille Rebeiz.
‘One Thing a Person Cannot Do…’
“… is to draw up a list of things that would never occur to him!” A Thomas Schelling quote prompts Julius Nagy to reflect on the value of a liberal arts education.
Teach Students to Be Critics—and Builders
An essay calling on professors to teach students to be builders, not critics, rests on a false dichotomy, Stephen Pasqualina writes.
Friday Fragments
Reader response, illiquid assets and Gertrude Stein gazing upon cows.
3 Questions With Coursera and Louisiana Tech on New Student and Employer Research
A conversation about microcredentials with Scott Shireman, global head of campus at Coursera, and Lindsey Keith-Vincent, associate dean for research, outreach and innovation in the Science and Technology Education Center at Louisiana Tech.
A Tale of 2 Institutional Types
When thinking about what jobs in academe to pursue, we rarely seem to consider the startling differences between various sorts of colleges and universities, writes Claire Potter.