Starving the Beast Archives

A Conversation with Steve Mims, Writer/Director of “Starving the Beast”.

September 12, 2016October 9, 2016John Smistad

The recently released “Starving the Beast” is a documentary which, depending upon your perspective, is likely to either alarm or appease you in terms of the current and future state of higher education in America. I recently had the opportunity to talk with the film’s Writer and Director Steve Mims from his … [Read More]

Making the case that America is “Starving the Beast” of Higher Education.

September 8, 2016September 8, 2016John Smistad

The message being imparted in “Starving The Beast”, the recently released documentary examining what is alleged to be a shift in direction among some American public higher education institutions seems to boil down to this: Humanities, liberal arts and other so-called “soft subject” disciplines of study=Good. Core curriculum courses like … [Read More]