University Design. The Ends of Knowledge. David J. Staley.

<p>In his latest <a href="https://www.baypath.edu/academics/centers-of-excellence/center-for-higher-education-leadership-and-innovative-practice/ingenious-2/" target="_blank">⁠IngenioUs University Design blog⁠</a> article, <a href="https://history.osu.edu/people/staley.3" target="_blank">⁠David J. Staley ⁠</a>reviews a new, provocative collection of essays, edited by Seth Rudy and Rachael Scarborough King, entitled <a href="https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/ends-of-knowledge-9781350242289/" target="_blank">⁠<em>The Ends of Knowledge: Outcomes and Endpoints Across the Arts and Sciences </em>⁠</a><em>(2023).</em> As others have pointed out, &#39;this is a book about why we do what we do, and how we might know when we are done.&#39; Given the current higher ed landscape where “humanities scholars, social scientists, and natural scientists [are] all forced to defend their work, from accusations of the ‘hoax’ of climate change to assumptions of the ‘usefulness’ of a humanities degree,&quot; this book and Staley&#39;s article have particular relevance.</p> --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chelip/message