Tom Scheinfeldt

Tom is Professor of Digital Humanities at the University of Connecticut. He writes about history, technology, digital humanities, design, higher education, and (sometimes) politics.

The Forest and the Tree: What the Latest Accommodation Debate Gets Wrong

14 Dec 2025 3 min read HigherEd

A lot has been written this week about the increase in student accommodations on college campuses. It started with a lengthy examination of the system in The Atlantic. Matt Yglesias and Josh Barro