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We Need to Distinguish Applied Humanities from Experiential Learning

Faculty Focus

To alleviate some confusion, my goal here is to explain the hallmarks of both applied humanities and experiential learning approaches, as well as what each mode of learning can offer to students. Strategies for Recruiting Students to the Humanities: A Comprehensive Overview. National Humanities Alliance. Princeton Review.

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UK academics accuse their union of discrimination over gender-critical film

The Guardian - Higher Education

Documents before tribunal say UCU branch asked Edinburgh University to cancel screening of Adult Human Female Two academics behind a gender-critical film have taken legal action against their union, accusing it of discrimination and harassment after it campaigned on social media to stop the documentary being screened.

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Humane Ingenuity 36: 15% Faster

Dan Cohen

Here’s the full article, “ Deformin’ in the Rain: How (and Why) to Break a Classic Film ,” which is currently in “preview” mode in Digital Humanities Quarterly. Some time ago there were efforts to create markup languages for domains of human expression such as dance. To be continued in a subsequent edition of Humane Ingenuity.

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ApplyBoard launches new AI feature for student applications

The PIE News

Once you choose your program and you submit your initial application, in a traditional world, you would have needed to give your documents in and wait for schools, maybe multiple back and forths and weeks to get that feedback and eventually get that offer, Massi Basiri, co-founder and president of ApplyBoard told The PIE News.

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Human or AI? Connectives Hold the Clues 

Faculty Focus

million words generated by ChatGPT (a commonly used AI tool) and concluded that, when compared to a human writer, it is roughly 1,000 times more likely to use the term “re-imagined,” 400 times more likely to use the term “graphene,” and more than 600 times likely to use the term “bioluminescent.” link] The post Human or AI?

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We Need to Distinguish Applied Humanities from Experiential Learning

Faculty Focus

To alleviate some confusion, my goal here is to explain the hallmarks of both applied humanities and experiential learning approaches, as well as what each mode of learning can offer to students. Strategies for Recruiting Students to the Humanities: A Comprehensive Overview. National Humanities Alliance. Princeton Review.

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Q&A with Vanessa Walker, co-author of Major Problems in American History

Today's Learner

I am the Gordon Levin Associate Professor of Diplomatic History at Amherst College where I teach classes on US foreign relations, politics , social movements and the history and politics of human rights. politics, foreign relations and human rights. She received her B.A. from Whitman College and her M.A.

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