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4saradouglas's review against another edition
4.0
Pretty good, but it felt like it was longer than it needed to be. Even with the relatively short page count, there was quite a bit of repetition.
jeffgrann's review against another edition
3.0
No doubt educational changes are needed. This book skipped too many of the barriers for making those changes occur and the incentives working against students. Ultimately, the market will have the last word.
kayeofswords's review
3.0
Some parts of this were good, others less good. I appreciated his overview of ways in which curricula can be adapted to the future, including modern-day literacies. They were good for thinking about how to strategize my own professional development to fill in skill gaps and what changes I may need to make to support students during my interactions with them as a librarian.
It was weird to have someone go on about new skills and freeing people up to do work using various types of literacies important to an AI-integrated world because none of his examples seemed inclusive of non-applied research. Even for students who study the humanities in his proposed new world, their goal is to create apps and work for companies, translating information into consumerist products, not to develop an actual understanding of the past in a deep dive. I think we need a balance of both depth and breadth in the world in order to truly function as a society — not necessarily in the same persons. In addition, as someone who went to a liberal arts college known for being gay-friendly, the idea of "multi-campuses" is a bit terrifying. What if a lesbian is pursuing a curriculum and would need to go to a campus in a country where LGBTQ people are imprisoned or killed to satisfy her degree requirements, especially if a country can ask for social media credentials on entry? There's no more privacy. I don't trust that non-LGBTQ people making such multi-campuses would be sensitive to minority issues in ways that would make the program an equal opportunity for everyone. I could see other minority groups having similar concerns.
It was weird to have someone go on about new skills and freeing people up to do work using various types of literacies important to an AI-integrated world because none of his examples seemed inclusive of non-applied research. Even for students who study the humanities in his proposed new world, their goal is to create apps and work for companies, translating information into consumerist products, not to develop an actual understanding of the past in a deep dive. I think we need a balance of both depth and breadth in the world in order to truly function as a society — not necessarily in the same persons. In addition, as someone who went to a liberal arts college known for being gay-friendly, the idea of "multi-campuses" is a bit terrifying. What if a lesbian is pursuing a curriculum and would need to go to a campus in a country where LGBTQ people are imprisoned or killed to satisfy her degree requirements, especially if a country can ask for social media credentials on entry? There's no more privacy. I don't trust that non-LGBTQ people making such multi-campuses would be sensitive to minority issues in ways that would make the program an equal opportunity for everyone. I could see other minority groups having similar concerns.
sarahlaleshire's review
3.0
I started this for a discussion group at work that didn’t transition online and finished it because it bothered me to have it half read.
After reading several dozen think pieces about the death and/or irrelevance of the humanities over the last decade, I was glad that Aoun (with a background in linguistics and literature himself) had a place for them in humanics. That being said, I would have been satisfied if this were an article, but I expect more from a book. I am a theory person, but when I realized it offered little practical application, the second half just seemed to rehash the first.
After reading several dozen think pieces about the death and/or irrelevance of the humanities over the last decade, I was glad that Aoun (with a background in linguistics and literature himself) had a place for them in humanics. That being said, I would have been satisfied if this were an article, but I expect more from a book. I am a theory person, but when I realized it offered little practical application, the second half just seemed to rehash the first.
sakaerka's review
2.0
This is a just long essay that covers progressive attempts on higher education. It does not add anything new to the ongoing debates. I believe the title is aimed at selling more but not informative.
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