From NYRB, a review essay by Anthony Grafton on our universities: Why are they failing? The first chapter from Between Citizens and the State: The Politics of American Higher Education in the 20th Century by Christopher P. Loss. After a year of study, the National Science Foundation has come up with an outline for what it sees as research priorities in the coming decade in the social, behavioral, and economic sciences. Ethnic Studies myths: It's time to separate fact from fiction regarding TUSD's Mexican-American Studies classes. College for all? The college-educated share of America’s population has barely increased in years; the key to reviving mass higher education may be to rethink the divide between high school and college. From Expositions, a special section on the future of the classics. What can Plato teach me that I can't find on Wikipedia? An interview with Jeffrey Brenzel on the essential value of a classic education. From LARB, Jocelyn Heany on teaching in a community college and the talk about higher education. Why is Yale outsourcing a campus to Singapore? In their race to go global, American colleges are ignoring the roots of liberal education. A review of Planned Obsolescence: Publishing, Technology, and the Future of the Academy by Kathleen Fitzpatrick. What is college for? Our views on the "failure" of higher education may be based on a basic misunderstanding of its essential function. Check out this alternative to college. The problem solvers: What, if anything, can a former hedge fund analyst and his motley crew of Silicon Valley number-crunchers teach higher education? Robert Weissberg on why academic gobbledygook makes sense.
