Francis Drake Comes to Como
It sometimes appears that we find the most interesting sights in the least expected places. Such an incident is one I wish to recount from a visit to a little restaurant in Como.
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College knowledge and computers (Robert Shiller, NYT, May 23, 2015)
A college education should be "broad and general," providing "complex communication skills and expert knowledge."
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Notes on the Humanities Crisis (Princeton Alumni Weekly, July 2014)
The humanities have a PR problem
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The Real Crisis of the Humanities (NYT, December 2013)
“Crisis” and “decline” are the words of the day in discussions of the humanities. A primary stimulus for the concern is a startling factoid: only 8 percent of undergraduates major in humanities. But this figure is misleading.