In the Oct. 20 edition of the Chronicle of Higher Education, an article titled "Students Call for Action on Campuses" highlights the student environmental movement on the Middlebury campus. The full text, which included a quote by senior environmental studies and anthropology major Phil Aroneanu, is online.
Also in the Oct. 20 edition of the Chronicle of Higher Education, Middlebury College is included in an article titled "Fulbright Steps Up Language Training" and listed among the "Bachelor's Institutions" on a chart of the "Top Producers of Fulbright Awards for U.S. Students for 2006-07," with 16 applicants and 8 awards.
In a Sept. 22 piece for the Chronicle of Higher Education, Middlebury College Professor of English and Creative Writing Jay Parini wrote a piece titled "Other People's Books." The text is available online.
Professor of English Jay Parini wrote a piece in the May 5 edition of the Chronicle of Higher Education titled "A Feast for the Mind" that is available online here.
In the March 24 edition of the Chronicle of Higher Education, there is an opinion piece by President Ronald D. Liebowitz titled "The Foreign-Language Challenge: What America Must do to Achieve Competence," which states that the Bush administration's goal of beefing up instruction in critical languages is laudable, but the real focus should be on K-12. Click here for the full text.
Another opinion piece in the March 24 issue of the Chronicle of Higher Education, titled "To Understand a Culture, Learn Its Language," by Dean of Language Schools and Schools Abroad Michael Geisler, who states that the National Security Language Initiative is defense-oriented but we can all support it, irrespective of our politics. The full text is available here.
The Feb. 24 edition of the Chronicle of Higher Education ran an essay by Middlebury College Professor of English Jay Parini called "Ruddy Good Show." The text is available here.
President Emeritus and College Professor John McCardell wrote a review of a PBS production, "The War That Made America," that appeared in the Chronicle of Higher Education on Jan. 13. The full text is available here.
Professor of English Jay Parini wrote an essay titled "Teacher and Friend" that was published in the Jan. 6 edition of the Chronicle of Higher Education. The text is available here.