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Review of Peter Burke's "Ignorance: A Global History"

Inside Higher Ed

Column: Intellectual Affairs Three years ago Peter Burke published The Polymath ( Yale University Press ), an illustrated history of what are usually called Renaissance men or women. His new book, Ignorance: A Global History ( Yale University Press ), pivots to the complete antithesis of “inquisitive appetite.”

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New Study Reveals the Anti-CRT Agenda is Really about Denying Racism and Revising History

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Further, the manner in which conservative media embraces the study gives a compelling glimpse at anti-CRT proponents’ operational definition of CRT. Rather, it is evidence that, maybe, more students are being exposed to an honest, non-propagandized version of race relationships and American history. Dr. Ivory A.

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Can Art History Be Taught Without Someone Becoming Angry?

Inside Higher Ed

In art history classes, more than one exasperated student has screamed at me, “It’s just a chair. ” All these responses and more have made me consider the question, “Can art be experienced or art history taught without someone becoming angry?” A chair isn’t art!” And vice versa.

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Art and design institutes pitch courses, careers in India

The PIE News

India has such a rich creative history and culture across all disciplines, so it’s wonderful to be here and experience that. Design is definitely expensive as compared to other fields because of the quality of the curriculum and faculty.

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Flagships and Land Grants: What's the difference?

Higher Ed Data Stories

At least by my definition. But neither of those definitions would put the University of Virginia as the flagship in that state. So my definition of flagship is generally the university that carries the name "University of I understand some people disagree with this.

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2022 in Review: Building a Movement to Make Pedagogy a Priority in Teacher Preparation

Deans for Impact

As members of the alliance, we helped to draft a national definition of teacher residencies. ▸ We joined two national coalitions committed to supporting students to thrive in school: Learn from History , a broad-based coalition working to ensure that all children can learn accurate, thorough, and fact-based history in our schools. . ▸

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New database on minority-serving institutions launched

Inside Higher Ed

The group of scholars recently published an article in the journal Educational Researcher outlining the complexities of MSI classifications and proposing clearer definitions, and they created a new database using those standards in hopes of providing a more accurate picture of the MSI landscape.