I was pleased to publish this piece by George McCully in The New England Journal of Higher Education (NEJHE) in April 2021 …
“There has been a growing consensus among authorities, especially in the Trump era, that the U.S. is in an epistemological crisis that threatens our democracy,” writes historian and former professor George McCully, founder and CEO of the Catalogue for Philanthropy. In this NEJHE piece titled Truth, Education and Democracy in an Era of “Alternative Facts,” McCully quotes former President Barack Obama’s assertion that “if we do not have the capacity to distinguish what’s true from what’s false, then by definition, the marketplace of ideas doesn’t work. And by definition, our democracy doesn’t work. We are entering into an epistemological crisis.” If this is true, McCully suggests, it’s up to the academic and journalistic communities to sort out the truth.
We also published these NEJHE pieces by George McCully …
Is This the End of Higher Education? A Historian’s Perspective
Guides to Ascending the On-Ramp in Higher Education: Connecting Dots
Academic Disciplines: Synthesis or Demise?
Pushing Back on Higher Education as Trainer for High-Tech Jobs
Pushing Back on Idea of Learner-Centered Institutions
What Philanthropy’s Paradigm Shift Means for Higher Ed Fundraising
“University Unbound” Rebounds: Can MOOCs Educate as well as Train?
What Gives? Perspectives on Philanthropy and Higher Education
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