The New York Times has a nice feature called Room for Debate where a number of pundits write short opinion pieces on a subject. In October debaters like Martha Nussbaum takled the question, Do Colleges Need French Departments?. This debate was in response to the State University of New York at Albany cancelling a bunch […]
Humanities News
Students protest tuition increases around the world
Students are protesting tuition fees around the world. The Guardian reports on the third day of tuition fee hike protests in the UK, Student protesters ignore winter freeze with mass rallies against tuition fees. In Italy students protested the proposed education reforms in more than one city, and in California The New York Times reports […]
Raising a glass to the past
The University of Glasgow reports about a collaboration between a business keen to restore an old distillery and Professor John Corbett, a humanist (a historical linguist). See University of Glasgow: Raising a glass to the past. They were connected through Interface, which is “a matchmaking service connecting businesses quickly and easily to world class expertise, […]
Chad Gaffield on People-Centred Innovation
Chad Gaffield, the President of the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada, gave a talk yesterday at the University of Alberta on how innovation involves people. This talk was part of a at a Festival of Ideas event celebrating Social Science and Humanities research that included a panel on “Does the Internet Lie?”. […]
Rising Tuition
Rising Tuition costs are one of the issues facing youth and parents as they choose universities. The CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) has an article titled Tuition fees on the rise … again which covers the Canadian scene. Associated with the article is an interactive panel Canada’s climbing tuition fees. The article, which is based on […]
Edmonton Journal: Tuition hikes are regressive, unfair
The Edmonton Journal published an opinion piece by David Robinson titled, Tuition hikes are regressive, unfair (November 13th, 2010.) Robinson, who is associated with the Canadian Association of University Teachers, tackles the view that tuition fees have no effect on enrollment. He concludes with, What we do know in Canada is that tuition fee levels […]
Inside Higher Ed: Call to Defend the Humanities
According to Inside Higher Ed, Cornell’s president, David Skorton, plans to launch a campaign to promote the humanities. In making the case for enhancing funding for the NEH and NEA, Skorton argues that the humanities can foster civility, ethics, and global understanding.