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Unlikely Haven for Humanities Publishing  Jan. 8

U. of Houston-Victoria, home to a host of scholarly publications and activities, is an emerging intellectual destination (albeit one whose coordinates not everyone knows yet). more

Outmoded Engineers?  Jan. 8

A department at Cornell, founded in the ’60s, is latest of its kind to be merged or eliminated. Critics say more theoretical programs are valuable, but vulnerable because they generate fewer large grants. more

A Call for Assessment — of the Right Kind  Jan. 8

Reinforcing 2004 statement, liberal education group exhorts colleges to ramp up measurement of student learning — but with emphasis on internal improvement rather than external accountability. more

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An Open Letter to Graduate Students of English and Foreign Languages

It’s time to consider jobs at community colleges, which will different in many ways from research universities, have much to offer an aspiring academic, writes Sean P. Murphy. more

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Intellectual Affairs

It’s a column. It’s a blog. Maybe a YouTube channel? Scott McLemee launches Intellectual Affairs 2.0 more

Syllabus

A poem by Laurence Musgrove. more

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