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Cosmic Librarian

This Is Who’s Really Driving the Decline in Interest in Liberal Arts Education

It’s not that traditional liberal learning is out of step with student demand. Instead, it’s out of step with the priorities, values and desires of a powerful board of trustees with no apparent commitment to liberal education, and an administrative class that won’t fight for the liberal arts even when it attracts both students and major financial gifts. The tragedy of the contemporary academy is that even when traditional liberal learning clearly wins with students and donors, it loses with those in power.

#liberalarts #education #priorities

nytimes.com/2025/07/17/opinion

The New York Times · Opinion | This Is Who’s Really Driving the Decline in Interest in Liberal Arts EducationBy Jennifer Frey
WIST Quotations

A quotation from Thoreau

We seem to have forgotten that the expression “a liberal education” originally meant among the Romans one worthy of free men; while the learning of trades and professions by which to get your livelihood merely, was considered worthy of slaves only.

Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) American philosopher and writer
Speech (1860-07-04), “The Last days of John Brown,” North Elba, Massachusetts

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/thoreau-henry-david/…

WIST Quotations · Speech (1860-07-04), "The Last days of John Brown," North Elba, Massachusetts - Thoreau, Henry David | WIST QuotationsWe seem to have forgotten that the expression "a liberal education" originally meant among the Romans one worthy of free men; while the learning of trades and professions by which to get your livelihood merely, was considered worthy of slaves only. Collected in A Yankee in Canada (1866).
#quote#quotes#quotation
Pablonius Monk 🇺🇦

Ex-SMU president Gerald Turner on what bothers him about Dallas — & colleges today 🐎

5 questions w/ the longtime head of Southern Methodist University

"All of us in higher ed need to do a better job of communicating the lasting value of what we offer — not just for careers but for citizenship, leadership & lifelong learning."

@dallasnews

🆓🔗: archive.ph/dSylS

dallasnews.com/arts-entertainm

#SMU#Dallas#HigherEducation
Paria sans portefeuille

#Jadaliyya | #TeachingPalestine Today: Liberal Arts Context

w/ Lara Deeb, Heather Ferguson, Amanda Lagji, Leila Mansouri

Host: Bassam Haddad

"Four faculty members at the Claremont Colleges, a #liberalArts consortium, discuss their approaches to including material on #Palestine and Palestinian perspectives into classes in anthropology, history, postcolonial and decolonial literature, and creative writing."

youtu.be/FxouJm7WpXg

#PalestineStudies #decolonialStudies @palestine @histodons

YouTubeTeaching Palestine Today: The Liberal Arts ContextBy Jadaliyya
Alexander Karn

Ed department sends letter to 60 institutions, warning of potential violations and "enforcement actions."

Harvard
Brown
Stanford
Princeton

BUT ALSO

Middlebury
Swarthmore
Pomona
Wellesley
.
.

Liberal arts colleges will not be spared. We teach the habits of mind they deem traitorous.

Don’t panic. Organize.

#academia #liberalarts #democracy

cnn.com/2025/03/10/us/departme

CNN · Department of Education investigating 60 colleges and universities over antisemitism claimsBy Karina Tsui
Dr. HermanSJr.

@Harvard

No shit. The greatest thinkers know & profess such for millenia. Only #dumbasses who cannot think for themselves, or properly, gave up on #LiberalArts long ago.

My MD, PhD,, business & other colleagues worldwide wrote about the mandate of #Humanities#Liberal #Arts for cultivating the greatest problem-solvers. Such is in my eighth book (the only free one I offer) at drhermansjr.carrd.co, DrHermanSJr.

See the video on its creation & directions to use it: rumble.com/v4ewz9h-holism-for-.

Continued thread
Getzler Lab at KenyonCollege

#Teaching opportunities may be negotiated. Open to both #PhD candidates and current postdocs. One year, extendable to two. Contact Prof. Getzler (getzlery@kenyon.edu) with inquiries.

Kenyon is ranked in the top tier of national #liberalarts colleges and has a reputation for exceptional teaching and scholarship with a student body of ~1900. We are located on an idyllic campus in rural central OH, approximately 50 mi from Columbus, a diverse and growing metro area of ~1.7 million people. 2/3

Adrian Riskin 🇵🇸🍉

The Whittier College Department of Mathematics & Computer Science is looking for a fixed-term Lecturer for the 2024-2025 academic year, to begin in August of 2024. This is a full-time, non-tenure track, one-year appointment, with potential for renewal.

Candidates with expertise in either Mathematics or Computer Science are welcome to apply. A successful candidate will have earned a Ph.D. in Math, Computer Science, or other closely related field (ABDs may be considered). A master’s degree with significant college-level teaching experience or similar will also be considered. Teaching experience is preferred. Teaching responsibilities include 1. Math courses primarily at the calculus level or below and 2. introductory computer science courses (Introduction to Computer Systems).

Position open until filled; review starts immediately.

#LosAngeles #Whittier #WhittierCollege #Math #Mathematics #ComputerScience #CS #FediHire #MathJobs #CSJobs #ComputerScienceJobs #Academia #MathematicsJobs #LiberalArts #GetFediHired #LosAngelesJobs

apply.interfolio.com/147896

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Margaret Sefton

Ex-KKK child stands against white nationalism. They came out as transgender in their memoir "The Klansman's Son." I would like to point out they graduated from the remarkable New College in Florida which has been targeted by Gov Ron DeSantis. #WhiteNationalism #AmericanPolitics #NewCollege #PublicEducation #Autocracy #transgender #liberalarts #Florida #DeSantis

youtu.be/MnzB6Wnpn4A?si=1cSyrw

YouTubeThey Were the Poster Child for the KKK; Now They Advocate for Antiracism | Amanpour and CompanyBy Amanpour and Company
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Coach Pāṇini ®

Ancient truths buried in our modern world

The term “#LiberalArts” came from a world where servitude and slavery were the norm, where the power structures of society worked to limit self-determination and world-shaping to a select few. I wonder how different that world really is from ours. @inthehands

The past is never as far away we think it is.

The desire to own the libs…

inaniludibrio.com/2024/05/03/a

Inani Ludibrio · Ancient truths buried in our modern worldThe term “liberal arts” came from a world where servitude and slavery were the norm, where the power structures of society worked to limit self-determination and world-shaping to a select few. I wo…
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