Government plans to punish censorious universities miss the point.
The rise of ‘essay mills’ reflects the commodification of university.
Calls to destroy a painting by a white artist, Dana Schutz, of a black victim of a lynch mob hanging in the Whitney Museum illustrates that for many, even artistic freedom has become a negotiable commodity in the crusade against cultural appropriation.
How medicalized language and the therapeutic culture came to dominate Anglo-American institutions of higher education.
Efforts to prevent student cheating have always been about universities being seen to be doing something but academia is part of the problem.
Michaela Community School is hiring a 'detention director' but discipline is every educator's responsibility.
The book has always been a sign of status and refinement; a declaration of self-worth – even for those who hate to read.
Ik zou in de wolken moeten zijn nu Bob Dylan de Nobelprijs voor literatuur heeft gewonnen. Maar in werkelijkheid geeft het me een dubbel gevoel.
Dylan isn't literature: he's for listening to, not reading.