On the first episode of our new season, Michael Borshuk introduces our programming theme for 2023-2024, Value/Values. Speaking about recent volatile debates in American universities about fiscal responsibility and academic programming, we find our way into some of the questions we will be pursuing this year. Next we hear from Paul Reinsch, who previews the film series we will host this year at Alamo Drafthouse in Lubbock, before we move to a brief note of introduction from our new Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Humanities, historian Kevan Q. Malone.

Some of the sources Michael Borshuk cites in the episode:
Liam Knox, "Slimming Down to Stay Afloat," https://www.insidehighered.com/news/business/cost-cutting/2023/05/03/slimming-down-stay-afloat

Lisa M. Corrigan, "The Evisceration of a Public University," https://www.thenation.com/article/society/wvu-cuts-higher-education/

Lora Kelley, "How Corporate Jargon Can Obscure Reality," https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2023/09/corporate-jargon-layoffs-workplace/675430/

Kasey Turman and Taylor Stumbaugh, "Miami University considers eliminating majors in the humanities," https://www.journal-news.com/news/miami-university-considers-eliminating-majors-in-the-humanities/KZFLPVB4X5BCNLBBI2SDNMT7XU/

Madison Montag, "Gettysburg College Ends Award-winning Literary Publication of 35 Years," https://www.pennlive.com/news/2023/10/gettysburg-college-ends-award-winning-literary-publication-of-35-years.html