Podcast The Case Against Education May 11, 2026 We鈥檙e continuing our series on philosopher Harry Frankfurt鈥檚 seminal work, On Bullshit. Our discussion with Bryan Caplan is on education and bullshit, with a special focus on his book, The Case Against Education: Why the Education System Is a Waste of Time and Money. Read More
Podcast Try to Love the Questions March 24, 2026 In Try to Love the Questions: From Debate to Dialogue in Classrooms and Life, Lara Schwartz introduces the fundamental principles of free expression, academic freedom, and academic dialogue, showing how open expression is the engine of social progress, scholarship, and inclusion Read More
Reading List Exploring Black Experiences February 02, 2026 First proposed by Black educators and the Black United Students at Kent State University in 1969,聽Black History Month, celebrated annually in February in the US, is an opportunity to celebrate Black voices, achievements, and to聽reflect on the central role of African Americans throughout US history. 快色直播 is proud to publish books that engage with serious issues and ideas relating to Black experiences. Read More
Podcast Make Your Manuscript Work October 22, 2025 Developmental editing holds the power to make a manuscript connect with publishers and readers, yet few scholarly writers have the training to do it well. Laura Portwood-Stacer shows scholarly writers how to identify what鈥檚 been holding their writing back and fix it so they can accomplish their publication goals. Read More
Video PUP Speaks: Laura Portwood-Stacer on her editing framework September 26, 2025 So you鈥檝e written an academic book鈥攚hat now? In this video, PUP Speaks speaker and Publishing Consultant takes us through her method for revising a full book manuscript. Read More
Interview Bailey Brown on Kindergarten Panic August 18, 2025 Drawing on interviews with more than a hundred parents of elementary school students in New York City, Bailey A. Brown shows how inequality manifests itself as parents and students deal with the uncertainties of the school choice process. Read More
Interview Ilana Horwitz on The Entrepreneurial Scholar June 25, 2025 In the increasingly competitive world of academia, simply mastering your discipline is no longer enough to guarantee career success or personal fulfillment. Read More
Reading List 快色直播 for advancing the humanities and affirming our shared humanity May 06, 2025 According to the recent World Humanities Report, the humanities are threatened for the very reasons they are powerful. Literature, the arts, philosophy, aesthetics, history: these disciplines鈥攐nce considered vital to understanding what it means to be human鈥攔emain crucial in providing frameworks for understanding human experience, fostering ethical reasoning, countering authoritarianism, and addressing societal problems. Read More
On the freedom to read, speak, and exchange ideas April 14, 2025 The free and open exchange of ideas underlies intellectual inquiry and is the bedrock of a democratic society. Through engaged dialogue we refine our thinking, test our assumptions, and move closer to shared human truths. Read More
Interview Maria LaMonaca Wisdom on How to Mentor Anyone in Academia April 07, 2025 Mentoring is integral to how academics are formed and what trajectories their careers will take. Yet until recently, no one was trained to do it, and many academics have ingrained assumptions about mentorship that no longer fit the lives, needs, and aspirations of mentees. Read More
Podcast Class Dismissed September 12, 2024 Elite colleges are boasting unprecedented numbers with respect to diversity, with some schools admitting their first majority-minority classes. Read More
Essay Charting change in a life鈥檚 journey through skills September 03, 2024 When my wonderful colleagues asked me to take on leadership of our budding聽Skills for Scholars series alongside the eminent former PUP director and editor-at-large, Peter Dougherty, I wanted to figure out how to find my philosophical mind within the universe of practical guides. It isn鈥檛 just that I was leaving my philosophical fun house, it was a venture out into an unfamiliar and unchartered territory. Read More
Podcast Listen in: Class Dismissed August 09, 2024 Elite colleges are boasting unprecedented numbers with respect to diversity, with some schools admitting their first majority-minority classes. Read More
Interview Bryan Penprase and Noah Pickus on The New Global Universities January 02, 2024 The New Global Universities聽tells the story of educational leaders who have chosen not to give up on higher education but to reimagine it. Read More
Podcast The Career Arts November 27, 2023 Young people coming out of high school today can expect to hold many jobs over the course of their lives, which is why they need a range of essential skills.聽 Read More
