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  Blake Abbott

  

  The Real Reason the Humanities Are 'in Crisis'

  The Atlantic - By Heidi Tworek

  Women started deserting subjects like history and English decades ago. Multiple articles over the last few months have proclaimed that “humanities fall from favor,” “interest fades in the humanities,” or that the humanities are “under strain around the globe.” Commentators tend to attribute the …

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  Blake Abbott

  

  The student debt bubble isn't bursting

  Salon - By Natasha Lennard

  News that Wall Street giant JPMorgan Chase will cease to make student loans next month, whispers about the much-anticipated burst of the vast student loan bubble are growing louder. And while commentators hear long-awaited echoes of the subprime mortgage bubble pop (the JPMorgan news is "is eerily …

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  Blake Abbott

  

  Where Is a College Like a Company? LinkedIn

  The Atlantic - By Robinson Meyer

  The corporate recruiting tool grows a collegiate arm. On Monday, LinkedIn launched pages for universities, extending the platform it uses to represent companies to institutions of higher learning. 200 colleges and universities began the program, including NYU and the University of Michigan. The pages …

• http://www.theatlanticcities.com/jobs-and-economy/2013/08/debt-literally-making-you-sick/6586/

  

  Blake Abbott

  Aug 21, 2013
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  Blake Abbott

  

  'Where Should I Go to College?'

  The Atlantic - By Mark Edmundson

  How to answer that question by asking another question Where should you go to college--assuming you're a high school student and getting ready for this new phase of your life? Where should you encourage your son or daughter to go--assuming that you're a parent? As a college professor, I get asked …

• http://keywords.fordhamitac.org/keyword_entries/citizenship.html

  

  Blake Abbott

  Aug 13, 2013