October 9, 2023
In The Student: A Short History, Michael S. Roth narrates a vivid and dynamic history of students, exploring some of the principal models for learning that have developed in very… READ MORE
January 18, 2023
Paul R. Ehrlich— What should be taught in every middle school but isn’t. Humanity has been acting like an idiot child who is heir to a great fortune. She keeps… READ MORE
December 13, 2022
Thomas S. Kidd— “I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past,” Jefferson told Adams in 1816. One such dream was his university. Like his… READ MORE
April 30, 2021
Francis Su— Amid the great societal shifts wrought by the digital revolution and the transition to an information economy, we are witnessing the rapid transformation of the ways we work… READ MORE
June 4, 2020
Deborah G. Johnson— In 2010, after a two-year inquiry, a judge concluded that Canadian prime minister Brian Mulroney had acted inappropriately when he accepted large amounts of cash from a… READ MORE
February 21, 2020
Barbara Schneider, Joseph Krajcik, Jari Lavonen, and Katariina Salmela-Aro— The bell rings as first hour is about to begin. By twos and threes, students duck into Ms. Newman’s classroom just… READ MORE
April 3, 2017
James M. Banner, Jr. and Harold C. Cannon— For the most skilled and devoted teachers, knowledge comes through an intense love of learning and of a subject, a love whose… READ MORE
March 25, 2015
Mil Duncan— Poverty alleviation has always been politically charged in the United States. Are the poor trapped by their own bad choices—dropping out of school, having children young and out… READ MORE
July 25, 2014
Welcome to our weekly roundup of news from university presses! Once again, there is a lot to share this week from our fellow academic publishing houses and much to learn… READ MORE
June 20, 2014
Welcome to our weekly roundup of news from university presses! Once again, there is a lot to share this week from our fellow academic publishing houses and much to learn… READ MORE
Botticelli Drawings: Virgin and Child with Saint John the Baptist and Six Singing Angels
