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Chicago Humanities Summit: Cathy Davidson and Peter Jagoda Do Digital Humanities Right

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Cathy Davidson and Peter Jagoda were recently invited to a leader a workshop at the Chicago Humanities Summit, a part of the larger Chicago Humanities Festival.  The following notes were taken on the session:    Session #3 – How to Do Digital Humanities Right  Facilitator: Cathy N. Davidson (Duke University) Moderator: Patrick Jagoda (University of … Chicago Humanities Summit: Cathy Davidson and Peter Jagoda Do Digital Humanities Right

How Does Higher Ed Contribute to Income Inequality and How Can We Remedy The Problem?

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An essential difference between higher education in the U.S. and most of the rest of the world is that the “sort” of who will or won’t go to university and the sort for what field one will study at university begin far earlier elsewhere.   Between the ages of ten and sixteen (depending on the country), … How Does Higher Ed Contribute to Income Inequality and How Can We Remedy The Problem?

What If We Could Design Higher Ed from Scratch?

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What if we could start all over again and design higher education from scratch?  What would a university look like if there were no legacies from medieval knowledge traditions, Enlightenment epistemologies or taxonomies, or Industrial Age requirements, regulations, departments, majors, minors, distribution requirements, professional schools, or standardized assessment metrics, or contemporary problems ranging from defunding … What If We Could Design Higher Ed from Scratch?

Inside Higher Ed: 50,000 Strong to Change Higher Ed

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Cathy was interviewed by Inside Higher Ed’s Carl Straumsheim about her upcoming MOOC on the “History and Future of (Mostly) Higher Education” that will be launching on January 27, 2013. Read the full article on Inside Higher Ed or read below. ____________________________ 50,000 Strong to Change Higher Ed November 4, 2013 By Carl Straumsheim Can 50 face-to-face courses, … Inside Higher Ed: 50,000 Strong to Change Higher Ed

Business Administration Information: Innovative Duke Professor Using Crowd Sourcing

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Cathy was recently featured on Business Administration Information for her innovative work on crowd sourcing in the discussion of Higher Education.  You can read the full article here. Innovative Duke Professor Using Crowd Sourcing to Discuss Future of Higher Education Posted by: Julian Hooks Posted date: November 11, 2013 In: Business, Education, News A new initiative from a Duke University professor – one … Business Administration Information: Innovative Duke Professor Using Crowd Sourcing

“Lucrative/Cozy” v. “Mediocre”: Why NYT Got it Wrong About Higher Education

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On October 27, in an op ed in the New York Times entitled “An Industry of Mediocrity,” former NYT Editor Bill Keller makes many smart points about the “mediocrity” of our American system of training teachers for our K-12 schools.   As an educational reformer, I could not agree more that we have archaic systems in … “Lucrative/Cozy” v. “Mediocre”: Why NYT Got it Wrong About Higher Education