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The Humanities Without Nostalgia – The Chronicle of Higher Education

by Beverly | May 18, 2019 | Humanities Education, Universities

The adjunctification of the university and its ongoing toxicity for those who are not straight white men – this is the crisis, not the loss of the (white male fantasy) of the good ole’ humanities of the past....
The Humanities Face a Crisis—of Confidence

The Humanities Face a Crisis—of Confidence

by Beverly | Aug 23, 2018 | Humanities Education, Universities

The Humanities Face a Crisis—of Confidence Students are abandoning humanities majors, turning to degrees they think yield far better job prospects. But they’re wrong. This was posted on Google+
America needs the humanities more than ever. So why have we abandoned them?The challenges this country…

America needs the humanities more than ever. So why have we abandoned them?The challenges this country…

by Beverly | Sep 24, 2017 | Humanities Education, Universities

America needs the humanities more than ever. So why have we abandoned them?The challenges this country faces are a direct result of abandoning the humanities — and only the humanities can help us solve themBy Katherine Pickering Antonova September 18Katherine...
“Courses that emphasize critical thinking, analysis, and evaluation from multiple points of view, are…

“Courses that emphasize critical thinking, analysis, and evaluation from multiple points of view, are…

by Beverly | Sep 14, 2017 | Humanities Education, Learning, Universities

"Courses that emphasize critical thinking, analysis, and evaluation from multiple points of view, are negatively correlated with course evaluations, despite the tremendous importance of those skills. ""African-American and Latino faculty routinely have...
Avoid gender bias when writing letters of recommendation.

Avoid gender bias when writing letters of recommendation.

by Beverly | Oct 19, 2016 | Foreign languages, Humanities Education, Teaching, Universities

Avoid gender bias when writing letters of recommendation.?This was posted on Google+
Neil Gaiman: Why our future depends on libraries, reading and daydreaming | Books | The Guardian

Neil Gaiman: Why our future depends on libraries, reading and daydreaming | Books | The Guardian

by Beverly | Nov 10, 2015 | Digital Humanities, Humanities Education, Writing

Neil Gaiman: Why our future depends on libraries, reading and daydreaming | Books | The GuardianThis was posted on Google+
Surprise: Humanities Degrees Provide Great Return On Investment

Surprise: Humanities Degrees Provide Great Return On Investment

by Beverly | Nov 5, 2015 | Humanities Education, Universities

Surprise: Humanities Degrees Provide Great Return On InvestmentThe conventional wisdom is that humanities majors are wasting all that tuition money and dooming themselves to lives of underemployment. The conventional wisdom is wrong. Humanities degrees are actually...
Why America’s obsession with STEM education is dangerous

Why America’s obsession with STEM education is dangerous

by Beverly | Mar 27, 2015 | Humanities Education, Universities

Why America’s obsession with STEM education is dangerousAlongside technical skills, America needs the creativity that a liberal arts education provides.This was posted on Google+
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Violence and Gender in the "New" Europe: Islam in German Culture

"Weber's study undertakes a much-needed comprehensive investigation of the contemporary 'regime of gender violence,' that is, the key role violence has played in defining the position of Muslims in the German public sphere (in the larger European context). Through nuanced theorizing as well as careful historical contextualization, Weber develops an intersectional framework for analyzing gendered violence in a way that does not reinforce racialized discourses of cultural and/or religious difference." [more...]

Palgrave Macmillan, January 2013
ISBN: 978-1-137-00708-7, ISBN10: 1-137-00708-7
252 pages.

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