1+ mon, 3+ day ago  (1316+ words) The volume was created after a state review found that existing course materials violated a law prohibiting general education courses from teaching about systemic inequality. So far, at least two universities have adopted it. The new textbook is a heavily…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (716+ words) The sociology curriculum is likely just the state's first foray into course development; the Florida Department of Education is already working on a similar framework for American history classes. "The framework serves as a baseline'institutions can add to it but…...

8+ mon, 3+ week ago  (114+ words) If we are to save area studies programs, it will fall to universities to recognize their value, Amanda Lanzillo writes. Amanda Lanzillo is an assistant professor in South Asian languages and civilizations at the University of Chicago. The draft proposals,…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (410+ words) At a time when the field is gaining new vitality abroad, area studies in the U. S. is struggling to survive. By" Ariel I. Ahram and Rudra Sil UNC boasts one of the most robust and comprehensive constellations of area studies programs in…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (220+ words) The anti-sociology politicians are on to something in grasping the field's power. The tobacco industry example resonated, often uncomfortably, with the North Carolina students I taught for 34 years. So did another example, because many students had lived it: school resegregation....

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (246+ words) Students at Florida's 12 public universities will no longer be able to fulfill their general education requirements by taking an introductory sociology course." On Thursday, the Florida Board of Governors unexpectedly voted to remove Introduction to Sociology from institutions' general education…...