A newsletter from a former dean offering practical leadership and recruiting advice for higher education, using analogies from sports and music. Readers get first-person lessons on stepping into academic leadership and on strategic student recruitment.
Website: https://www.lancebeaumont.com/
An economic historian writes essays on South Africa's economic past, present and future, drawing on his own archival research on the Cape Colony. Recent issues examine the role of academic conferences, AI in research and universities, and a language model's critique of one of his own published tables.
Essays by a Washington and Lee alumnus examining Confederate memory, slavery and how universities and the federal government handle that history. Issues combine personal recollection with archival research and commentary on current news such as the Arlington Confederate memorial and DOJ investigations of Virginia universities.
Independent local news for Lewisham, south east London, covering housing, development, education, transport and community issues. Readers get original reporting and investigations with local context and named sources.
A blog by FIRE's Greg Lukianoff on free speech, campus culture, and the legacy of 'The Coddling of the American Mind'. It mixes personal essays on higher education with a weekly roundup of free speech cases and commentary.
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