Posts Tagged ‘humanities’
Humanitarian Efforts
by John O. Harney
July 30, 2012
If you won the lottery tomorrow, how would you spend your time?
Being a good social scientist, Jack Cheng, a former UMass Boston art historian, said he would go to Walmart, the new Peoria, and ask that question. “Most of them, after they buy a house, after they buy a car ... would go to the ...
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Can MOOCs Work with Liberal Arts?
by Andrew Shennan
February 26, 2013
NEJHE on Models that Will Change Higher Ed Forever
During any given semester at a liberal arts college like Wellesley, students may experience what will prove to be a transformational moment in their lives. A pre-med student from El Paso might come to Wellesley and publish research with her biochemistry professor. She might carry on impassioned ...
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