Academic – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com Mon, 24 Nov 2025 22:34:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://brewminate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-BrewBLogo01-32x32.jpg Academic – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com 32 32 Trump’s ‘Compact for Academic Excellence’ Faces Widespread University Rejection https://brewminate.com/trumps-compact-for-academic-excellence-faces-widespread-university-rejection/ Fri, 24 Oct 2025 14:03:08 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=265122 The clash over the compact echoes a familiar tension in American history, the ongoing struggle between state power

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]]> Preserving Cultural Heritage Through Educational Apps https://brewminate.com/preserving-cultural-heritage-through-educational-apps/ Tue, 16 Sep 2025 13:30:00 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=262995 Culture has always been passed down from generation to generation—sometimes through stories, sometimes through rituals, sometimes through objects

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]]> Damnatio Memoriae: Trump Goes Orwellian with History at the Smithsonian https://brewminate.com/damnatio-memoriae-trump-goes-orwellian-with-history-at-the-smithsonian/ Wed, 03 Sep 2025 14:08:14 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=261863 Donald Trump aims to rewrite America’s official history, including at one of the nation’s key sites of public

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]]> Conservatives Are Changing School Curricula to Exclude ‘Democracy’ https://brewminate.com/conservatives-are-changing-school-curricula-to-exclude-democracy/ Wed, 03 Sep 2025 14:05:33 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=261854 In public schools around the country, conservatives are succeeding in their long effort to replace the word “democracy”

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]]> When Are Likely Letters Sent Out to Students Each Year? https://brewminate.com/when-are-likely-letters-sent-out-to-students-each-year/ Fri, 29 Aug 2025 13:58:00 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=261780 Applying to college is often filled with equal parts anticipation and anxiety. With acceptance rates at top universities

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]]> Shackled Minds: Authoritarian Regimes Silencing Scholars in the Twentieth Century https://brewminate.com/shackled-minds-authoritarian-regimes-silencing-scholars-in-the-twentieth-century/ Thu, 28 Aug 2025 14:30:26 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=261682 Authoritarian regimes feared the disruptive potential of independent thought, perceiving scholars as rivals to political monopoly. By Matthew

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]]> A Warning across Borders: Scholars Confront the Global Drift Toward Authoritarianism https://brewminate.com/a-warning-across-borders-scholars-confront-the-global-drift-toward-authoritarianism/ Thu, 28 Aug 2025 14:29:52 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=261686 By speaking now, before repression hardens, they hope to inspire others, not only academics but all citizens, to

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]]> Diversity in Ancient Education: Social Class, Gender, and Cultural Plurality https://brewminate.com/diversity-in-ancient-education-social-class-gender-and-cultural-plurality/ Thu, 21 Aug 2025 14:12:11 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=261162 Ancient education was never monolithic. It reflected and reproduced the inequalities of its time, yet it also allowed

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]]> A Silence They Cannot Enforce: Judge Halts Education Department’s Order Targeting DEI https://brewminate.com/a-silence-they-cannot-enforce-judge-halts-education-departments-order-targeting-dei/ Thu, 21 Aug 2025 14:11:16 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=261136 Judge Gallagher’s ruling demands a course correction, not just for the Department of Education but for how the

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