Johann Neem
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| The next victim of the coronavirus? American exceptionalism | The rise of Donald Trump, and the embarrassing failure of the American state to respond effectively to the coronavirus, has proved to the world that the United States is no longer exceptional nor, in… |
2020-05-04 | |
| Boosting Retention at FedEx | Irwin said Memphis chose to offer the leadership degree because it is a flexible program that could accommodate credits from other colleges as well as experiential credits. It blends business, communications and public administration courses. The degree is expected to take six years to complete… |
2019-11-21 | |
| What's the difference between a college and a university? | Colonial Americans disregarded that distinction when establishing the United States’ first postsecondary institutions: They were designated as colleges rather than universities, in part because of limited resources and because they didn’t need the King to authorize them to grant degrees,… |
2019-11-21 | |
| Bellingham Public Schools and the case for fostering citizenship, not individualism | The Bellingham Public Schools system recently amended its guiding document, the Bellingham Promise, by removing the word “citizen” and replacing it with “individual.” No longer do the public… |
2019-10-07 | |
| ‘What’s the Point of College?’ | WWU's Johann Neem discusses his new book about the need to affirm -- and strengthen -- the liberal arts at a time when reformers are doubting their value and that of higher education. |
2019-09-24 | |
| Is Amazon Training Its Workers or Creating a College Alternative? | Amazon’s recent announcement that it will provide job training and apprenticeship opportunities to its workers should be received as… |
2019-07-17 | |
| Grade A rules day for many at UI | Some students seek "easy" classes to fulfill requirements that are not part of their majors. Johann Neem, department chair and professor of history at Western Washington University, worries that consumer-driven education might be driving students away from the true purpose of colleges.… |
2019-05-28 | |
| The subtle erosion of academic freedom | Across the world today, academic freedom is endangered. Political leaders in Brazil, India, Poland and Turkey have all recently threatened professors. Two of the world’s most powerful states, China and Russia, are famous for monitoring what universities teach. Authoritarian-minded leaders attack… |
2019-04-16 | |
| When schools were considered vital to Democracy | Written by Johann Neem, chair of Western’s History Department |
2019-03-06 | |
| Western’s Johann Neem Appointed to American Historical Review’s Board of Editors | 2018-08-23 |