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What a 1964 Book About American Anti-Intellectualism Can Teach Us About the Trump Era

What a 1964 Book About American Anti-Intellectualism Can Teach Us About the Trump Era

Peter Balakian on Richard Hofstadter and the Current Assault on Academia

By Peter Balakian | July 9, 2025

In an overwhelming vote, the American Historical Association voted to condemn scholasticide in Gaza.

In an overwhelming vote, the American Historical Association voted to condemn scholasticide in Gaza.

By Brittany Allen | January 6, 2025

Americans' confidence in higher education has taken a nosedive.

Americans' confidence in higher education has taken a nosedive.

By Brittany Allen | July 11, 2024

Americans think college isn't what it used to be.

Americans think college isn't what it used to be.

By Janet Manley | July 11, 2023

How College Rankings Created the Student Debt Crisis

How College Rankings Created the Student Debt Crisis

Keen On">Susan Paterno in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | July 8, 2021

Pasadena City College President Erika Endrijonas on Leveling the Playing Field

Pasadena City College President Erika Endrijonas on Leveling the Playing Field

From the ArtCenter College of Design’s Bi-Weekly Podcast

By Change Lab | April 29, 2021

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Matt Feeney on the Roots of Over-Parenting

By Keen On | April 23, 2021

On "Wokeness" and Meritocracy in the Ivy League

By Keen On | April 21, 2021

UC Berkeley Chancellor Carol Christ on Creating Institutional Change from Within

By Change Lab | April 15, 2021

How Universities Are Plundering Our Cities

How Universities Are Plundering Our Cities

Keen On">Davarian L. Baldwin in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | April 7, 2021

Fuller Seminary President Mark Labberton on the Theology of Making

Fuller Seminary President Mark Labberton on the Theology of Making

From the ArtCenter College of Design’s Bi-Weekly Podcast

By Change Lab | April 1, 2021

Ananya Roy on the Shared Struggles of Scholars and Activists

Ananya Roy on the Shared Struggles of Scholars and Activists

The Quarantine Tapes Podcast with Paul Holdengräber">From The Quarantine Tapes Podcast with Paul Holdengräber

By The Quarantine Tapes | September 29, 2020

The American Universities That Took in Scholars from Nazi Europe

The American Universities That Took in Scholars from Nazi Europe

Laurel Leff On Academia's Refugees During World War II

By Laurel Leff | December 12, 2019

Building a Better (Socialist) MFA System

Building a Better (Socialist) MFA System

Juliana Spahr on Aspirational Utopian Education in a Neoliberal World

By Juliana Spahr | August 23, 2018

or a Privilege?"> Is College Education a Right <br

Is College Education a Right <br

or a Privilege?">

or a Privilege?">Is College Education a Right
or a Privilege?

Fiction/Non/Fiction, #5: The New Culture Wars, Higher Education Edition">Fiction/Non/Fiction, #5: The New Culture Wars, Higher Education Edition

By Literary Hub | November 30, 2017

How Faulkner Convinced Me Not to Become an Astronomer

How Faulkner Convinced Me Not to Become an Astronomer

Alan Jacobs on a House Full of Books and How He Came to Literature

By Alan Jacobs | January 10, 2017