Comp-rhet and writing studies, on the rise politically? Read More at The Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription) »
Journalism
“The Secret to Hitting Your Writing Goals May Be Simple: Peer Pressure”
“College Jobs, Never Easy, Have Become Pressure Cookers”
Learning to live in a world of tighter budgets, swelling regulations, and ever more assessment and competition. Read More at The Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription) »
“Big-Data Project on 1918 Flu Reflects Key Role of Humanists”
A team of humanists and computer scientists has combined early-20th-century primary sources and 21st-century big-data analysis to better understand how America responded to the viral threat in 1918. It’s a study in the possibilities as well as the pitfalls of interdisciplinary work, and a model-in-progress for how data-driven analysis and close reading can enhance each other. Read More at The Chronicle of Higher Education »
