a great conversation with Lori Looney about the AI and the Liberal Arts Symposium coming up in October:
#GenAI #AIEdu #LiberalArts #Academia
https://aiedusimplified.substack.com/p/interview-with-lori-looney-about
We seem to have forgotten that the expression “a liberal education” originally meant among the Romans one worthy of free men; while the learning of trades and professions by which to get your livelihood merely, was considered worthy of slaves only.
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) American philosopher and writer
Speech (1860-07-04), “The Last days of John Brown,” North Elba, Massachusetts
Sourcing, notes: wist.info/thoreau-henry-david/…
Ex-SMU president Gerald Turner on what bothers him about Dallas — & colleges today 
5 questions w/ the longtime head of Southern Methodist University
"All of us in higher ed need to do a better job of communicating the lasting value of what we offer — not just for careers but for citizenship, leadership & lifelong learning."
#Jadaliyya | #TeachingPalestine Today: Liberal Arts Context
w/ Lara Deeb, Heather Ferguson, Amanda Lagji, Leila Mansouri
Host: Bassam Haddad
"Four faculty members at the Claremont Colleges, a #liberalArts consortium, discuss their approaches to including material on #Palestine and Palestinian perspectives into classes in anthropology, history, postcolonial and decolonial literature, and creative writing."
Ed department sends letter to 60 institutions, warning of potential violations and "enforcement actions."
Harvard
Brown
Stanford
Princeton
BUT ALSO
Middlebury
Swarthmore
Pomona
Wellesley
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Liberal arts colleges will not be spared. We teach the habits of mind they deem traitorous.
Don’t panic. Organize.
#academia #liberalarts #democracy
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/10/us/department-of-education-warning-universities-title-vi-antisemitism
Art is a jealous mistress, and, if a man have a genius for painting, poetry, music, architecture, or philosophy, he makes a bad husband and an ill provider.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) American essayist, lecturer, poet
Essay (1860), “Wealth,” The Conduct of Life, ch. 3
Sourcing, notes: wist.info/emerson-ralph-waldo/…
Why my liberal arts education mattered.
No shit. The greatest thinkers know & profess such for millenia. Only #dumbasses who cannot think for themselves, or properly, gave up on #LiberalArts long ago.
My MD, PhD,, business & other colleagues worldwide wrote about the mandate of #Humanities#Liberal #Arts for cultivating the greatest problem-solvers. Such is in my eighth book (the only free one I offer) at https://drhermansjr.carrd.co, DrHermanSJr.
See the video on its creation & directions to use it: https://rumble.com/v4ewz9h-holism-for-advancement-collaboratives-articles-various-experts-revamp-world.html.
Meanwhile, down in #Floriduh.
> A Battle Over Florida’s General Education Courses https://www.insidehighered.com/news/governance/state-oversight/2024/10/03/florida-institutions-slash-general-education-offerings
#Teaching opportunities may be negotiated. Open to both #PhD candidates and current postdocs. One year, extendable to two. Contact Prof. Getzler (getzlery@kenyon.edu) with inquiries.
Kenyon is ranked in the top tier of national #liberalarts colleges and has a reputation for exceptional teaching and scholarship with a student body of ~1900. We are located on an idyllic campus in rural central OH, approximately 50 mi from Columbus, a diverse and growing metro area of ~1.7 million people. 2/3
“Rooted in #Catholic #social #teaching and the #liberalarts, #StCatherineUniversity aims to #educate #women to #lead and #influence.”
Well, after finishing my degree program, I have time for social media again! Sweet!
While I'm trying to figure out how to monetize the degree, mind you, lol. They really don't tell you what to do when you're done.
Has any #poem ever been more about #thermodynamics than "The force that through the green fuse drives the flower"?
https://poets.org/poem/force-through-green-fuse-drives-flower
The Whittier College Department of Mathematics & Computer Science is looking for a fixed-term Lecturer for the 2024-2025 academic year, to begin in August of 2024. This is a full-time, non-tenure track, one-year appointment, with potential for renewal.
Candidates with expertise in either Mathematics or Computer Science are welcome to apply. A successful candidate will have earned a Ph.D. in Math, Computer Science, or other closely related field (ABDs may be considered). A master’s degree with significant college-level teaching experience or similar will also be considered. Teaching experience is preferred. Teaching responsibilities include 1. Math courses primarily at the calculus level or below and 2. introductory computer science courses (Introduction to Computer Systems).
Position open until filled; review starts immediately.
#LosAngeles #Whittier #WhittierCollege #Math #Mathematics #ComputerScience #CS #FediHire #MathJobs #CSJobs #ComputerScienceJobs #Academia #MathematicsJobs #LiberalArts #GetFediHired #LosAngelesJobs
@linuxgnome @MattMerk @dldnh @paninid
She was economically illiterate as well as socially illiterate. This is why #STEM courses absolutely need a strong #LiberalArts component to them, too many STEM students just don't know how the rest of the world works.
Taking to #Facebook on 16 May, the school’s #nuns #hitback, saying his #comments did not represent the “#Catholic, #Benedictine, #liberalarts #college that our #founders envisioned and in which we have been so invested”.
The school wishes to be known as #inclusive.
OFB’s @trbutler talks about #Apple's new #iPads and the visualization of Apple's goals with it that a new, controversial commercial display. #ipad #ai #technology #humane #humanity #creativity #m4 #liberalarts #testytim https://ofb.biz/sa1208
Ancient truths buried in our modern world
The term “#LiberalArts” came from a world where servitude and slavery were the norm, where the power structures of society worked to limit self-determination and world-shaping to a select few. I wonder how different that world really is from ours. @inthehands
The past is never as far away we think it is.
The desire to own the libs…
http://inaniludibrio.com/2024/05/03/ancient-truths-buried-in-our-modern-world/
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