Medievalitas

For anyone looking at the higher ed sector right now, it is as clear as is the summer sun that the liberal arts at technological institutions are not suffering from the application and enrollment losses characteristic of the humanities and (to some degree) behavioral and social sciences. Our degree programs at Georgia Tech, for example, show a significant ROI advantage (graduates earn more), learning advantage (they are highly satisfied), and future-proof (they find position

I had the chance of working on this interview/podcast in 2024 as the inaugural issue for University Business Magazine's new podcast series, ushering in convos that would soon include the likes of Lynn Pasquerella , president of the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U), Thomas Ehlrich , president of Indiana University, Ozlem Kilic , inaugural dean of the University of Tennessee’s College of Emerging and Collaborative Studies , and Antonio Flores , presi

The Fulbright Program's mission is to increase mutual understanding and support friendly and peaceful relations between the United States and other countries through educational and cultural exchange. Founded by President Harry S. Truman in 1946, it aims to foster a more peaceful world by bringing more knowledge, reason, and compassion into international affairs. This is achieved by providing opportunities for students, scholars, and professionals to study, teach, lecture, a

Have you ever wondered about what attracts us scholars to take up an area in which we are absolute beginners, to start from scratch and take a risk although it would be more comfortable to remain 'disciplined' and apply the same scholarly paradigms throughout one's entire career? I recently published a piece with University Business Magazine. It's a QUICK READ at c. 600 words. Denominators: David Epstein, Range (2021); Hannah Arendt & natality; amateurs & dilettantes; Vanne

We would rather be ruined than changed We would rather die in our dread Than climb the cross of the moment And let our illusions die. W.H. Auden, who wrote an entire book-length poem about anxiety, expresses pretty well here what many colleagues in the humanities feel these days. I contributed a piece to Inside Higher Ed that explains this anxiety and discusses what the humanities can and cannot deliver when it comes to their role in higher education. Would we Rather the Hum

A wonderful teaching and learning community from among Ivan Allen College Faculty got together on a Friday afternoon to learn and discuss " Disrupting the Lecture: Active Learning as a Pathway to Disciplinary Knowledge and World Readiness," expertly guided by Dr. Leah Carmichael, director of active learning at the University of Georgia.

From consulting with our advisory board to celebrating homecoming with alumni and current students, all under the blue skies and sunshine of an Atlanta fall weekend, in a Liberal Arts College twice as large as when I joined 13 years ago.

Once a semester, we gather to celebrate the exemplary support and mentorship the Halls (Col. Steven C, and Mrs. Pamela Hall) offer an ever increasing number of our students. Many years ago, alumnus Steve Hall took a single writing class with Professor James Bynum, which changed his career path, and he has been giving back to his institution for many years now. At the Scholars Breakfast, student recipients introduce themselves and network. Guests at the event included Interim

Last year, Georgia Tech created a College of Lifetime Learning, acknowledging the need for higher education to think beyond traditional...

This year's cohort of Ivan Allen College alumni who are recipients of Georgia Tech Alumni Association's 40 Under 40 Awards is the...

Ivan Allen College Cabinet in front of renovated DM Smith Building Glorious renovation of the D.M. Smith building, the old and new...

Poetry@Tech resumes its fabulous programming for this fall semester, and with an evening with two great poets, Ada Limón and Rigoberto...

Anyone interested in a humanities MS at a premier university of technology and science, consider our MS in Global Media & Cultures. It...

President Cabrera presents incredible stats about Georgia Tech's enrollment, time to degree, ROI, research record, and a transformational...

Higher Ed is changing, and Lifetime Learning is important enough to warrant Georgia Tech's founding of a seventh college around the...

Second week of the Fall Semester at Georgia Tech. Excitement all around.

Happy to announce a recent piece in Inside Higher Ed , surveying my experience as interim dean in the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts...

Poetry @ Tech office in the Skiles Building Recently, I walked by the office of Poetry @ Tech and saw a visual I had not seen before. And...

An excellent new article by Kelly Ritter, LMC Chair at Georgia Tech, which historicizes and contextualizes what we have to come, for...

After reading numerous articles and critiques, and experimenting with various apps, I am now engaging with some formal workshops,...