Higher Ed Gamma https://www.insidehighered.com/ en Wed, 08 Nov 2023 03:00:00 -0500 The Culture War, Version 2.0 https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blogs/higher-ed-gamma/2023/11/08/culture-war-version-20 How today’s kulturkämpf differs from its late-20th-century predecessor. Steven Mintz Wed, 11/08/2023 - 03:00 AM Higher Ed Gamma Phantoms of the Opera https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blogs/higher-ed-gamma/2023/11/07/how-opera-higher-education Can the most spectacular of the arts survive? Yes, but only if it adapts to a shifting environment—precisely what higher ed must do. Steven Mintz Tue, 11/07/2023 - 03:00 AM Higher Ed Gamma Have Elite Universities Become Too Student-Centered? https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blogs/higher-ed-gamma/2023/11/03/have-elite-universities-become-too-student-centered How to better channel their students’ idealism and energy. Steven Mintz Fri, 11/03/2023 - 03:00 AM Higher Ed Gamma The Glories of the Human Voice https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blogs/higher-ed-gamma/2023/11/02/glories-human-voice Why we should care about choral music. Steven Mintz Thu, 11/02/2023 - 03:00 AM Higher Ed Gamma Is Political Moderation Overrated? https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blogs/higher-ed-gamma/2023/10/31/political-moderation-overrated Let’s not exaggerate the value of civility, compromise, conciliation and consensus building. Steven Mintz Tue, 10/31/2023 - 03:00 AM Higher Ed Gamma How to Stem the Retreat From High Academic Expectations and Standards https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blogs/higher-ed-gamma/2023/10/27/how-stem-retreat-high-academic-standards Yes, it is possible to rethink grading and testing and still hold students accountable. Steven Mintz Fri, 10/27/2023 - 03:00 AM Higher Ed Gamma Reinventing the Humanities for Our Fragmented Time https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blogs/higher-ed-gamma/2023/10/25/reinventing-teaching-humanities-our-fragmented-time It’s time to rethink how we teach undergraduates in an age of echo chambers, filter bubbles and polarization. Steven Mintz Wed, 10/25/2023 - 03:00 AM Higher Ed Gamma Diversity and Inclusion on Campus in the Wake of the Hamas Attacks https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blogs/higher-ed-gamma/2023/10/24/diversity-and-inclusion-campus-after-hamas-attacks As colleges become flashpoints for protests over U.S. policy in the Middle East, how can they produce a more welcoming and supportive campus environment? Steven Mintz Tue, 10/24/2023 - 03:00 AM Higher Ed Gamma The Coming Reckoning https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blogs/higher-ed-gamma/2023/10/23/coming-reckoning-elite-higher-education A hard rain is about to fall. Steven Mintz Mon, 10/23/2023 - 03:00 AM Higher Ed Gamma Should Colleges Engage in Ethics Education? https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blogs/higher-ed-gamma/2023/10/19/should-colleges-engage-ethics-education Yes. Moral, civics and ethical education shouldn’t simply be a subspecialty in the philosophy department.  Steven Mintz Thu, 10/19/2023 - 03:00 AM Higher Ed Gamma