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Obsessing about STEM: America seems entranced by STEM education, at the expense of our future, which requires more agile ways of thinkings that the humanities and liberal arts provide. "The United States has led the world in economic dynamism, innovation and entrepreneurship thanks to exactly the kind of teaching we are now told to defenestrate. A [...]
The clarion call for STEM: state legislatures and politicians -- from both parties -- stress education in the sciences, rather than in the humanities and arts: taxpayers should subsidize, the argument goes, those courses of study most likely to produce better taxpayers. "When it comes to dividing the pot of money devoted to higher education, [...]
Do the humanities sacrifice truth for theory, unlike scientists?
Grundlos: Watch out, you almost ran me over! Where are you rushing off to? Magnus: I'm off to give a talk and I'm in a hurry. Grundlos: What is the talk about? You're not very dressed up. Magnus: Look, that's not necessary. It's about the meaning of STEM. Grundlos: What is STEM? Magnus: Don't you [...]
How genetic science helps us understand the rituals of human sacrifice among the Mayans.
Greater engagement with language and with other lives through reading novels.
A major donation from a business alumnus inspired and guided by the humanities.
Talking about the launch of the new journal Public Humanities.
Increased anxiety meets a new industry designed to address it.
A writing program to offer insight and solace to the cares of physicians.
