Night at the museums (Humanities Indicators)
Falling attendance at museums may indicate a lagging interest in humanities.
15
10, 2019
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19
07, 2019
The decline of reading (Humanities Indicators)
The time spent reading for pleasure declines across all groups.
24
08, 2022
Those useless humanities degrees again (CNBC)
Business journalists comment on the value of higher education one more time.
15
05, 2021
Thinking critically about careers (David Zhou, RealClearEducation)
The ways the humanities develop critical, strategic thinking for careers.
28
10, 2020
The humanities during coronavirus (American Academy of Arts and Sciences)
That the humanities offer pleasure and inspiration during the pandemic.
30
10, 2019
The surprising careers from the humanities (Amanda Ruggeri, BBC Worklife)
More evidence of how humanities study leads to wide-ranging careers.
7
08, 2019
AI and the liberal-arts classroom (Karen Hao, MIT Technology Review)
Attempting to use AI to enhance creativity, writing, and language learning.
18
12, 2018
Burying history (Benjamin M. Schmidt, Perspectives)
History shows the recent steep decline in history majors.
19
09, 2017
Pictures more than words show the humanities’ challenge
Words yield to pictures as the humanities decline.
13
05, 2016
Happy graduation, humanities students!
Happy graduation, humanities students! "Better a few good scholars than many indifferent ones." You embody the meaning of George Washington's mandate to James McHenry, to paraphrase: it is infinitely better to have a few good scholars, than many indifferent ones. For the number of humanities majors has now decreased to the lowest level in a [...]