Loans and robots are killing US students’ spirits
The suicide of a student on campus made Steven A. Miller realise that his students didn’t need a philosophy class to remind them of their impending deaths
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Economics must embrace the sex industry
Prostitutes need the help of economists to argue for the rights and protections that other workers take for granted, says Victoria Bateman
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Murder in Plain English: From Manifestos to Memes – Looking at Murder through the Words of Killers, by Michael Arntfield and Marcel Danesi
A whistle-stop tour of criminals’ texts is packed with listicles and promises, says Sharon Wheeler
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At Home in the World: Women Writers and Public Life, from Austen to the Present, by Maria DiBattista and Deborah Epstein Nord
Women have long been commentators on global affairs but their messages aren’t necessarily getting through, writes Elizabeth Cobbs
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What are you reading? – 30 March 2017
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Fully Connected: Surviving and Thriving in an Age of Overload, by Julia Hobsbawm
Book of the week: the digital deluge can harm our social health; Emma Rees commends a prescription to tackle it
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Psyche on the Skin: A History of Self-Harm, by Sarah Chaney
Shahidha Bari finds much to admire in a detailed exploration of self-injury through the ages
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Democracy for Hire: A History of American Political Consulting, by Dennis W. Johnson
Kori Schake praises a forensic examination of the US political system
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Books interview: Brenna Hassett
A bioarchaeologist reveals what she has on her bookshelf
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Laurie Taylor – 30 March 2017
The official weekly newsletter of the University of Poppleton. Finem respice!
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Higher education must prepare for the rise of the machines
Automation has the potential to replace or alter 35 million jobs worldwide, which means universities must adapt to survive, argues Nancy Gleason
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No lectures on the failure of lectures, please
No lectures on the failure of lectures, please The author of the blog “Lectures: as archaic as bloodletting in an era of modern medicine” (www.timeshighereducation.com, 19 March) compares lectures...