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The Humanities as We Know Them Are Doomed. Now What?

After previous crises, they bounced back. This time is different.

In Case You Missed It

Stop Trying to Sell the Humanities

Arguments that they’re useful are wrong, anti-humanistic, and sure to backfire.

Labor & Work-Life Issues

How One College Reinvented Its Hiring Process to Better Test for ‘Fit’

Olin College of Engineering has built its brand on being different. So its leaders wanted to make sure applicants understood what it would be like to work there.

Academic Rights

Wisconsin Court Sides With Professor Who Was Suspended After Blogging About a Student

The case was watched as a national marker of the limits of academic freedom.

Fund Raising

George Mason’s Foundation Does Not Need to Release Records of Koch Foundation Agreements, Judge Finds

Activists, buoyed by the university president’s recent admission that some old agreements had not met academic standards, sought access to a wider swath of unreleased documents.

Another High-Profile Exit

Larry Nassar’s Former Boss Is Out at Michigan State

William Strampel, a professor and former dean who has faced his own controversy since a scandal exploded around the former sports doctor, has retired. The university had been trying to revoke his tenure and to fire him since February.

Colleges Need to Prepare for the Future of Learning. Here’s How to Give All Students a Shot at Success.

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Advice

Scholars Talk Writing: How Does a Book Editor Find Projects?

Naomi Schneider, an executive editor at the University of California Press, talks shop about publishing.

Lingua Franca

Let the Light Be Shined

Anne Curzan sorts through what made the phrasing about shining lights in a recent news article so eye-catching.