Waning Humanities majors (Humanities Indicators)
Humanities majors show a decline in numbers, especially since Covid.
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10, 2026
28
08, 2026
Merry old English (Elizabeth Guevara, Investopedia)
Merry old English: how English majors possess the most versatility in a changing job market. From the article: As hiring has declined across nearly every field, new data suggests that liberal arts graduates may be best suited to adapt. LinkedIn provided an analysis of its hiring data to Investopedia, comparing hiring rates and versatility across [...]
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06, 2026
Wither the British university? (Stefan Collini, London Review of Books)
An analysis of what has gone wrong, and the consequences.
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06, 2026
Deciphering ancient stories (Sandrine Ceurstemont, BBC)
How AI uncovers history by rendering old codices legible.
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05, 2026
The state of play in higher-ed humanities (Humanities Indicators)
The state of play in higher-ed humanities: the findings of a new survey by Humanities Indicators: Overall, the chairs in this sample expressed a high level of concern about the status of the humanities. Approximately half had a strongly pessimistic outlook about the future of their department.... Only six of the thirty chairs had an [...]
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04, 2026
Blossoming art through AI (Leslie Katz, Forbes)
A new exhibit transforms an archive of natural science writing into dynamic visual images.
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03, 2026
Stone age sophistication (Universität des Saarlandes)
Researchers uncover the complexities of Stone Age communication.
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01, 2026
AI destroys humanities? (Polly Thompson, Business Insider)
AI heightens the sense of the humanities' uselessness, says one tech CEO.
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01, 2026
Humanities can flourish in the corporate world (Benjamin Wolff, Forbes)
The ways the humanities foster creative approaches in today's corporate climate.
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12, 2025
Italy before Rome (Genome Biology, Francesco Ravasini et al.)
How DNA research adds to archaeological insights on the migrations of peoples in central Italy before the expansion of Rome.