Academe Today Tuesday, February 7, 2017 Sign up for this newsletter | Idea Lab: Colleges Solving Problems | By Vimal Patel Colleges are making curricular changes to get doctoral students in the humanities better prepared for careers outside academe. |
| By Vimal Patel The head of the American Historical Association says departments should integrate communication, collaboration, and three other "basic skills" into their programs. |
| Examples of how some departments and professors are tweaking the curriculum. |
| By L. Maren Wood Graduate programs should foster alumni networks and provide opportunities for students to articulate their skills. |
Also in Today's News | Faculty By Lindsay McKenzie A court's recent suspension of the ban, affecting citizens from seven majority-Muslim countries, makes the Clemson University protest all the more important, the professors say. |
| Teaching By Lindsay McKenzie The new president and the era of "alternative facts" have started to creep into English-literature classes across the nation. |
| Administration By Maria Di Mento and Drew Lindsay (Chronicle of Philanthropy) Nearly half of giving by the country's most generous philanthropists went to higher education, with $1 of every $5 benefiting elite universities with multibillion-dollar endowments. |
| Administration By Rebecca Koenig (Chronicle of Philanthropy) American universities raised $41 billion, barely more than the previous year. Harvard led the way with nearly $1.2 billion. |
In Brief
Views | Commentary By Eboo Patel They can’t take the jobs that require "relationship workers," who exhibit the valuable skills that a liberal education provides. |
| The Chronicle Review By Michael Lewis Daniel Kahneman, Amos Tversky, and the limits of collaboration. |
| Lingua Franca If Mandarin is to be taught to non-native speakers, says Geoff Pullum, it should focus on everyday, spoken language and not on rarefied words. |
Advice | First Person By Fritz Breithaupt What our disciplines are missing for students is the fun factor. |
| Vitae By Ariel Sophia Bardi Struggling to adjust after leaving academe? The way forward may lie in simply listening to your own intuition. |
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