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What Should We Do About Undergrads Who Want to Pursue a Humanities Doctorate?

Inside Higher Ed

program in French and history, tells a story that resembles that of many humanities graduate students: that “the transformative experience I had in the classroom led me to dedicate my whole life to academia. The article’s author, Hannah Leffingwell, A.B.D. in New York University’s joint Ph.D.

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New Book Traces Shirley Chisholm’s Radical Embrace of Black Feminism

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Jesse Louis Jackson’s historic presidential runs in 1984 and 1988 and the election of a virtually unknown political figure — Barack Obama — in 2008. It is no coincidence that after leaving Congress, Chisholm joined academia where she taught at Mount Holyoke College — a private women’s liberal arts college in Massachusetts.

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HEI Resources 2025

Higher Education Inquirer

Academia Next: The Futures of Higher Education. A Former United States Secretary of Education and a Liberal Arts Graduate Expose the Broken Promise of Higher Education. [Editor's Note: Please let us know of any additions or corrections.] Books Alexander, Bryan (2020). Johns Hopkins Press. Alexander, Bryan (2023). Bennett, W.

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