Tag: higher education

New This Week: “Resistance from the Right”

It’s a new week and another New Books Tuesday! Today Resistance from the Right: Conservatives and the Campus Wars in Modern America by Lauren Lassabe Shepherd is now available wherever books are sold. A thoroughly researched, revelatory political history with abundant relevance for today. . . . Shepherd presents compelling evidence for the ways that these groups, although a minority on campus,… Continue Reading New This Week: “Resistance from the Right”

Black in the Ivory

Guest post by Dr. Shardé M. Davis, editor of an anthology of #BlackintheIvory experiences coming 2022 from UNC Press. Also included below are details regarding an open call for stories to be considered for inclusion in the book; deadline is March 15, 2021. On June 6, 2020, I created the viral, Twitter hashtag #BlackintheIvory to document the overt and covert… Continue Reading Black in the Ivory

Video Book Trailer: Our Higher Calling by Holden Thorp and Buck Goldstein

As we approach the beginning of another academic year, UNC Press is proud to be publishing the latest book by Holden Thorp and Buck Goldstein, Our Higher Calling:  Rebuilding the Partnership between America and Its Colleges and Universities. Here’s the book trailer the authors have prepared for the book: There is a growing sense of crisis and confusion about the… Continue Reading Video Book Trailer: Our Higher Calling by Holden Thorp and Buck Goldstein