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Chad Wellmon

Chad Wellmon is the Commonwealth Professor of Germanic Languages and Literatures at the University of Virginia and the author of After the University: Higher Education and the Future of Intellectual Work.
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Jul
Humboldt’s gift

Humboldt’s gift

Feature: Has politics really killed the humanities in America? Chad Wellmon on a red herring in public debate about the universities—and what you see when you start following the money.
11 min read