The great dance: the place of humanities at science / technical universities. From the editorial:

Far from the apocalyptic scenario [Mark Bauerlein] invokes, the humanities and humanities faculty thrive at universities of technology and science. And here is why….

In the fall semester of 2021, I taught our introductory class for a major that unites literature, media and communication. Out of the 35 students, two-thirds indicated they had chosen to get a humanities degree at a technological university because they felt an intentional integration of the humanities with STEM disciplines would be to their advantage. They felt the separation of work done according to dated “left-brain” and “right-brain” distinctions was an obstacle to solving the most wicked of humanity’s current problems. Most of them want to share classes and projects together with STEM students, embrace educational experiences that unite the histories of ideas with histories of science and technology, and prefer thinking of poetry as “engineered language” to timeworn binaries like “science, not fiction.”…

Why is such a deep and intentional fusion of the humanities and the STEM disciplines essential? In an increasingly technological world, human-centered paradigms and creativity should not remain siloed based on the demarcations developed to satisfy the knowledge economy of the late 19th century; and they should also not be artificially sustained at a mere surface level in general education requirements developed in the wake of the two world wars. Instead, they deserve to accompany and shape new educational technology, work in concert with STEM disciplines, and communicate and forcefully ajrm their relevance and value as part of a newly holistic educational experience.

h/t Rob Townsend (@rbthisted)