by Beverly | Feb 22, 2015 | Humanities Education, Reading
I read only non-white authors for 12 months. What I learned surprised me | Sunili Govinnage | Comment is free | The GuardianThis was posted on Google+
by Beverly | Feb 21, 2015 | Humanities Education
We don’t need more STEM majors. We need more STEM majors with liberal arts training.The ability to draw from other disciplines produces better scientists.This was posted on Google+
by Beverly | Feb 7, 2015 | Humanities Education, Teaching
Is the Professor Bossy or Brilliant? Much Depends on Gender – NYTimes.com An interactive chart of words taken from millions of student reviews of their instructors offers a vivid illustration of unconscious gender bias. This was posted on...
by Beverly | Dec 4, 2014 | Humanities Education, Racism in the US
[These issues of racism at universities] “must be seen by administration not singularly, but as part of the institutional fabric, formulated within a national fabric sickened by white supremacy, misogyny, heteropatriarchy, and old-fashioned elitism. It’s a...
by Beverly | Sep 25, 2014 | Humanities Education
Denver Students Walk Out Of School Over Board’s Proposal That Would ‘Censor’ HistoryARVADA, Colo. (AP) — Hundreds of students walked out of classrooms around suburban Denver on Tuesday in protest over a conservative-led school board proposal to focus...
by Beverly | Sep 24, 2014 | Humanities Education
In Colorado, a Student Counterprotest to an Anti-Protest Curriculum – NYTimes.comARVADA, Colo. — A new conservative school board majority here in the Denver suburbs recently proposed a curriculum-review committee to promote patriotism, respect for authority and...
by Beverly | Nov 30, 2013 | Humanities Education
Important questions about what is really causing the so-called humanities “crisis” in the New York Times. Or rather, it [our economic system] has a great deal to offer but only for a privileged elite (the cultural parallel to our economic upper class) who...
by Beverly | Jun 27, 2013 | Humanities Education, Religion in Europe
by Susan Neiman Intriguing thoughts about how to think about religion, reason, and the Enlightenment. While I might disagree with much, I appreciate a number of the questions opened up here… “Much of our vision of happiness is derived from the...