The humanities are struggling at universities nationwide — but outside the ivory tower, fields from Silicon Valley to ...

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. The humanities study the things humans make. That definition is better—more accurate and more ...

In third grade, I had my first taste of stress: multiplication table worksheets.  The numbers on the page were indecipherable ...

We are living in an unsettling time. We need to reverse the decline in studying humanities. The real ‘return on investment’ ...

CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR, CHIEF INTERNATIONAL ANCHOR: In the decade following 2008 in the United States, here, the share of people graduating with bachelor’s degrees in humanities dropped by a third. So, ...

In part three of a series of articles that looks at the humanities at Bowdoin today, we examine the evidence supporting the idea that studying the humanities helps Bowdoin graduates find jobs—and ...

For decades now, a prevailing narrative in higher ed has been that humanities departments are withering away as incoming college students prioritize what are said to be more “career-related” majors in ...

F or the past few years, I’ve taught an environmental-humanities course called “Witnessing Climate Change.” I’m a literary scholar and writer, so it’s mostly a writing course, but it also introduces ...

Faculty and students at Montclair State University are alarmed by a restructuring move that will eliminate humanities ...

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