Category Archives: Higher Education
Future People: Make Postdigital Literacy the Cornerstone of Post-COVID-19 Higher Education
On April 1, 2020, mere weeks into our shared “COVID spring,” The New York Times opined that the COVID-19 pandemic is the greatest challenge the United States has faced since World War II. Projections at the time showed anywhere from … Continue reading
Feminar 103: Notes on Teaching about Women, Gender, and Sexuality
In my Feminar 102 column, I argued that Kate Manne’s Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny (2018) deserved our immediate attention. Manne’s latest book—Entitled: How Male Privilege Hurts Women—has just now been released by Crown Publishers, a popular press. It … Continue reading
“Plays Well with Others”: Can Games Achieve Learning Outcomes?
“Let’s kill Jesus!” Such words are not often heard from evangelical students at Christian colleges, and such playfulness is not usually associated with the sort of serious academic encounters that are expected in higher education. Yet, I listen to my … Continue reading
Higher Education and the Public
For the last several years, the Society for Values in Higher Education has sponsored a seminar session at the annual meeting of the Association of American Colleges & Universities (AACU). We have explored topics such as the role of higher … Continue reading
Aftermath
I live in a Republican state, but the campus of the University of Tennessee where I teach and the surrounding areas in the city of Knoxville are an island of blue in a sea of red. In the recent election, … Continue reading