University Doctoral degrees (PhD) are outdated and in need of serious change
4 minute read. By Leonard Cassuto, Professor of English, Fordham University
Stop telling students to study STEM instead of humanities
5 minute read. "Does anyone really believe that in the midst of vigorous public debates about what it means to build a just society, the world needs more people without the educational background to understand where their societies came from and how they developed?"
Statement Regarding Historians and the Covid-19 Public Health Crisis
4 minute read A statement by the American Historical Association. A must read for academics and those who work in higher education
Transitioning to Online Teaching: A Guide for Educators
4 min read "High-quality online teaching is more difficult and demanding than its face-to-face counterpart," writes Steven Mintz, Professor of History, University of Texas at Austin
New History PhDs Awarded Continue to Decline as Academic Job Market Remains Flat
7 minute read. What is the state of the Academic Job Market for Historians? By Dylan Ruediger, American Historical Association addresses the topic in this piece (Feb. 19th, 2020)
Universities Are Due For Radical Change (Review)
"The current world in which the higher education sector is operating is characterised by profit and power as universities find themselves further incorporated into the global turn to neoliberalism. There can be no doubt that the sector both in the UK and globally has undergone profound change in recent decades," writes Emma Taylor, London School of Economics (Oct. 9th, 2019)
Education Means Getting Outside Of The Classroom
"What matters most in promoting student learning in an alternative classroom setting like this is what John Dewey called the 'experiential continuum'—that is, building on previous experiences to better understand newer experiences," writes Karen Sieber, University of Maine (Oct 2nd, 2019)