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9 10, 2026

Waning Humanities majors (Humanities Indicators)

Humanities Watch2026-10-09T14:25:44-04:00October 9th, 2026|Academia, Debate / dialogue, Economics, education, Everything Else, History, News, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

Humanities majors show a decline in numbers, especially since Covid.

28 08, 2026

Merry old English (Elizabeth Guevara, Investopedia)

Test Dummy2026-08-28T11:50:07-04:00August 28th, 2026|Academia, business, Economics, education, Employment, Everything Else, Literature, News, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

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 [...]

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.

20 06, 2025

For the love of books (Katarina Zimmer, BBC Future)

Humanities Watch2025-06-20T16:47:26-04:00June 20th, 2025|Arts, Europe, Everything Else, History, Language, Libraries, Literature, Medicine, News, U.S. / Canada, Writing|0 Comments

The ways reading may boost your sense of well-being.

26 04, 2025

The state of play (Humanities Indicators)

Humanities Watch2025-04-27T09:28:53-04:00April 26th, 2025|Academia, business, Everything Else, News, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

Humanities Indicators publishes its latest survey of U.S. humanities departments.

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 [...]

11 01, 2025