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• SOURCE: Inside Higher Ed
  10/11/2022
  

  We Need to Rethink the "Weed-Out" Course

  by Jonathan Zimmerman

  The presumption that a large percentage of students should flunk an introductory-level science course as a necessary safeguard of "rigor" is outdated gatekeeping. 

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• SOURCE: Blue Book Diaries
  4/2/2020
  

  The Liberal Arts, the People, and the Pandemic

  by Jonathan W. Wilson

  Other than professional experts, the Americans who understand the crisis best—regardless of political ideology—are those who have a well-rounded imagination.

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• SOURCE: The Globe Post
  2/19/19
  

  Why History is Important Today

  by Luis Martínez-Fernández

  "The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.”

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• SOURCE: Seattle Times
  1/21/19
  

  As STEM majors soar at UW, interest in humanities shrinks — a potentially costly loss

  The number of students studying the humanities at the University of Washington is shrinking, with some majors down as much as 50 percent in a decade. It's having a financial impact, and also affecting the breadth of the university's expertise.

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• 12-10-17
  

  When the Robots Take Our Jobs

  by Greta de Jong

  Majoring in STEM fields might teach students how to build robots, but studying history will teach them what to do when the robots take their jobs.

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• SOURCE: Chronicle of Higher Education
  10-14-13
  

  The Wedge Driving Academe's Two Families Apart

  by David A. Hollinger

  Can STEM and the humanities ever get along?