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12 06, 2026

Wither the British university? (Stefan Collini, London Review of Books)

Humanities Watch2026-06-12T08:20:00-04:00June 12th, 2026|Academia, Economics, education, Europe, Everything Else, Language, News|0 Comments

An analysis of what has gone wrong, and the consequences.

11 05, 2026

The state of play in higher-ed humanities (Humanities Indicators)

Test Dummy2026-05-11T10:30:08-04:00May 11th, 2026|Academia, education, Employment, Everything Else, History, Language, Literature, News, Philosophy, STEM, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

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 [...]

18 02, 2026

AI requires the humanities (Jason Ma, Fortune)

Humanities Watch2026-02-18T11:00:26-05:00February 18th, 2026|business, education, Everything Else, Literature, News, STEM, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

Another AI innovator sees the presence of the humanities in AI's future.

25 01, 2026

AI destroys humanities? (Polly Thompson, Business Insider)

Humanities Watch2026-01-25T10:03:43-05:00January 25th, 2026|Academia, business, Economics, education, Employment, Everything Else, News, Philosophy, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

AI heightens the sense of the humanities' uselessness, says one tech CEO.

21 01, 2026

Humanities can flourish in the corporate world (Benjamin Wolff, Forbes)

Humanities Watch2026-01-21T16:54:59-05:00January 21st, 2026|Academia, Arts, Economics, education, Everything Else, News, STEM, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

The ways the humanities foster creative approaches in today's corporate climate.

4 04, 2025

Marvels of Merlin revealed (Donna Ferguson, BBC News)

Humanities Watch2025-04-04T16:16:28-04:00April 4th, 2025|education, Europe, Everything Else, History, Language, Libraries, Literature, News, Technology, Writing|0 Comments

Researchers unveil a hidden medieval manuscript of Merlin and Arthur hidden in a Renaissance book.

25 03, 2025

Rolling humanities (Humanities Indicators)

Humanities Watch2025-03-25T16:33:11-04:00March 25th, 2025|Academia, Arts, education, Everything Else, History, News, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

Rolling humanities: new data show how students choose a humanities major during their college years, if not at the outset. From the study: In recent years, the Humanities Indicators staff has received numerous questions about whether college students who start a humanities degree are more or less likely to finish it than those who [...]

24 02, 2025