Remove Academia Remove Humanities Remove Scholarship
article thumbnail

Scholars Discuss Advantages and Pitfalls of Social Media in Academia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

We're sharing our scholarship but we're also sharing little bits of who we are as humans. I think it's important for folks to see the fullness of who we are as humans, that we're not just faculty or researchers writing these books. My work is not my life. I have a full life outside of that.

article thumbnail

Discounted tuition by major devalues the humanities (letter)

Inside Higher Ed

Before we start down this slippery slope, let’s consider what we can do to address the assumptions and change the crisis narrative surrounding the humanities. Discounting tuition for the humanities reinforces already unsustainable and inequitable practices. First, the job market outside of academia is not shrinking for humanists.

university leaders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Understanding Academic Exile After the 2024 Election

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It’s a label that marks us as “unwelcome” and our scholarship as “controversial.” And while it’s incredibly unsettling, I believe there’s a powerful irony here – when we’re pressured and marginalized, our scholarship often grows stronger and more urgent. Today, the dynamics may be different, but the parallels are certainly clear.

article thumbnail

Navigating the AI revolution in higher education: a call to action

HEPI

In academia we still place a great deal of emphasis in scholarship on the capacity to recall and recite. This is not to dilute the rigours of academia but to enhance them. It is here, in the confluence of machine precision and human insight, that the future of higher education will be written.

article thumbnail

Communicating the Science of the Stars

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

But her scholarship focuses on those stars she can barely see. Aspiring to become a researcher and science communicator, Ealy is driven to understand humanity and science’s place in the world as it is. Academia can be incredibly disconnected from the world around it, but my community keeps me grounded.”

article thumbnail

Does research provide insights to many of the global challenges we’re facing? A publisher’s view

HEPI

The UN’s Higher Education Sustainability Initiative sees a clear link between research and scholarship and building a workforce for the future. As an academic publisher, Taylor & Francis is particularly interested in exploring what role research and scholarship can play in helping improve the UK’s skills base.

article thumbnail

Oil money undermines academic autonomy (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

In June, Harvard University announced a $200 million gift to launch the Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability, an academic center dedicated to the study of one of humanity’s most pressing threats. Sometimes, fossil fuel companies’ routes of influence on scholarship can be very direct.

Academia 105