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A new and inclusive Northwest history

Two alumni have written the first fresh Northwest history textbook since 1989. Don't doze off yet: “Contested Boundaries” isn’t a catalog of facts for students to memorize—it’s a compilation of riveting, high-stakes stories.

2017-12-08
Penn's Jonathan Zimmerman to Present 'Censorship and Free Speech on College Campuses in the Age of Trump' Dec. 1 2017-11-16
Commentary: WGU accepts financial aid without aid of a faculty

By Johann H. Neem

In 2011, after much controversy, the Washington’s Legislature recognized online Western Governors University, a Utah-based nonprofit with no professors, as a state public college. Soon after, WGU became eligible to receive State Need Grant funds,…

2017-11-06
History’s Johann Neem to Present ‘Why Do We Have Public Schools?’ Oct. 25 at City Hall 2017-09-29
Online education on notice

Johann Neem, professor of history, Western Washington University

I was asked to explore how the recent Department of Education Office of Inspector General’s findings might shape how Western Governors University and similar institutions should approach the faculty…

2017-09-27
The Founding Fathers made our schools public. We should keep them that way.

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has been a loyal proponent of school choice. In her home state of Michigan, DeVos advocated both public school choice and vouchers to empower parents to send their children to private and religious schools. As secretary, she …

2017-08-23
Western Libraries Announces 2016-17 Undergraduate Research Award Winners 2017-05-17
Pledging Allegiance to Our Different—and Shared—Ideals of Citizenship

Turning to another theme, the panelists expressed varying degrees of concern about whether some of the necessary balances in exercising American citizenship have been breaking down, particularly in light of the bitter 2016 presidential election. Johann Neem…

2017-05-03
Western to Host Viewing of 'Starving the Beast' May 8 2017-04-27
Let’s Not Rush Into Disruptive Innovation

Everywhere one turns, the idea of disruptive innovation continues to spread, even as academics have 

2017-03-16
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