Inside Higher Ed

What the Faculty Needs to Know About the History of American Higher Education

I don’t know what you think, but I’m convinced that college faculty members ought to know much more than they do about the history and distinctiveness of American higher education. I think it’s fair ...
The Tufts Daily

Tufts Professor Emeritus Sol Gittleman unpacks the history of higher education in new book

Sol Gittleman has been a college professor since the 1960s. Now, he has a new book which explores the history of all American colleges. “An Accidental Triumph: The Improbable History of American ...
EurekAlert!

Schrum and Sleeter unpacking the history of higher education in the United States

Kelly Schrum, Professor, Higher Education Program; Affiliated Faculty, History and Art History, and Nathan Sleeter, Research Assistant Professor, History and Art History, Roy Rosenzweig Center for ...
Mississippi State University

‘What’s up with higher education?’ topic of MSU ‘Conversations with a Humanist’ lecture series

STARKVILLE, Miss.—Mississippi State’s Institute for the Humanities hosts this month its final presentation of the fall semester— “What’s up with Higher Education?”––an in-depth review of the current ...
NPR

HBCUs have been underfunded for decades. A history of higher education tells us why

Historically Black colleges and universities in the U.S. have been underfunded for decades. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to journalist Adam Harris about the underlying reasons behind the inequality. The ...
Forbes

Ten Of The Best Higher Education Books Of 2025

This year's best higher education books include a defense of faculty tenure, an expose of scientific fraud, advice on how students should search for a college, suggestions for how they can make the ...