From TLS, a review of Anthony Grafton's Worlds Made by Words: Scholarship and Community in the Modern West and Roger H. Martin's Racing Odysseus: A College President Becomes a Freshman Again. John Sexton is determined to transform NYU into the first truly global university — and he’s starting in Abu Dhabi (and more). From The Chronicle, will higher education be the next bubble to burst? Why Barack Obama thinks community colleges are the key to fixing higher education. From IHE, an article on the case of the disappearing liberal arts college. They didn't teach genderfuck, iteration, or micropolitics when I was in college, but times have changed — liberal arts is due for an update (and more). Bottom line: The Week delivers a solid liberal-arts education in 40 minutes. A look at eleven unusual majors your college probably didn't offer; and here are six college perks that might make you jealous. "Animal House" at 30: College students find new ways to channel their inner Bluto. Why they call Yale the "Gay Ivy". Bogus college stereotypes: Are Cornell students suicidal, is Dartmouth all Republicans, is Vassar really gay? From Inside Catholic, the University of Chicago has just announced that its students are not, in fact, humans, but magicians trapped inside of monkeys.
