Category Archives: Humanities Education

Higher Education as an Export?

Posted on April 8, 2011 by briansandberg

A new article by the Under Secretary for International Trade at the U.S. Commerce Department treats Higher Education in the United States as an exportable commodity. Undoubtedly American higher education involves study abroad programs, student exchange programs, international student recruitment, … Continue reading →

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University of Wisconsin’s Stance on Academic Freedom

Posted on April 2, 2011 by briansandberg

The University of Wisconsin at Madison has taken a weak stance regarding the politically-motivated open records request on Professor William Cronon’s e-mails. The Chronicle of Higher Education reports that the University of Wisconsin at Madison will comply with the request, … Continue reading →

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Record Low University Acceptance Rates

Posted on April 1, 2011 by briansandberg

New data early reports from universities and colleges across the country suggests that there will be record lows in acceptance rates of applicants for admission to the 2011-2012 academic year.  Elite private universities such as Harvard and Stanford admitted as … Continue reading →

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Crisis Mapping of Conflict Zones

Posted on April 1, 2011 by briansandberg

The United Nations has launched an initiative to do “crisis mapping” of conflict zones, such as Libya, using social media online. The Chronicle of Higher Education has a story about how academics around the world are participating in the UN … Continue reading →

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Expanding Use of FOIA Requests on Faculty Members

Posted on March 30, 2011 by briansandberg

Now that the news of an open records request on University of Wisconsin Professor William Cronon has gone viral, other faculty at public universities are already being targeted by politicized FOIA requests, as a story in the New York Times … Continue reading →

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Anthony Grafton Comments on the Cronon Affair

Posted on March 29, 2011 by briansandberg

Anthony Grafton, an early modern European historian and current President of the American Historical Association, has published a comment on the political attacks on William Cronon in the New Yorker. Grafton provides contextualization and commentary, referring to this growing controversy … Continue reading →

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American Historical Association Supports Cronon

Posted on March 29, 2011 by briansandberg

The American Historical Association has issued a statement supporting Professor William Cronon against Wisconsin politicians who are seeking access to his e-mails.  For those readers not familiar with this case, see my previous postings about this abuse of freedom-of-information laws.  … Continue reading →

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Academic Freedom Under Attack in Wisconsin

Posted on March 27, 2011 by briansandberg

Noted environmental historian William Cronon is facing retaliation by politicians in Wisconsin who are using an Open Records Act request in an attempt to view Cronon’s personal and professional e-mails.  This effort is a gross abuse of the freedom of … Continue reading →

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Robert Darnton on the Google Books Settlement

Posted on March 24, 2011 by briansandberg

French historian Robert Darnton, who is Director of the Harvard University Library, assesses this week’s court decision throwing out the Google Books settlement in an op-ed in the New York Times. Darnton’s expertise on the history of the book and … Continue reading →

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NIU History Professor Discusses Wisconsin Labor Battles

Posted on March 6, 2011 by briansandberg

Professor Rosemary Feurer contributed to a New York Times article this weekend on “Wisconsin’s Legacy of Labor Battles.” Professor Feurer is a labor historian and a colleague of mine in the Department of History at Northern Illinois University.  Feurer argues … Continue reading →

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