A toolkit for the humanities (National Humanities Alliance)
Organized arguments in one toolkit supporting humanities study.
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06, 2018
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06, 2018
STEM investments mean cultivating the humanities as well (D. Skorton and J. Chu, USA Today)
STEM and the humanities are "branches from the same tree."
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05, 2018
On the primacy of scientific thought (Peter Salovey, Scientific American)
Scientific thought is the way forward in order to transcend ideology and overcome bias.
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11, 2017
How valuable are the humanities? (Carolyn Gregoire, Huffington Post)
The humanities are valuable in all professions.
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09, 2016
No literature allowed (Steven Pearlstein, Washington Post)
No literature allowed: parents see little need for their children to receive a broad university education, as its ROI seems negligible. From the article: For me, there’s nothing more depressing than meeting incoming freshmen at Mason who have declared themselves as accounting majors. They’re 18 years old, they haven’t had a chance to take a course in [...]
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08, 2016
A letter about writing
A letter about writing: a correspondent argues against the mania for writing Editor’s note: The following letter, printed below in its entirety, was written in response to an earlier post, Against Reading. The editorial staff does not typically sanction the placement of readers’ letters in the monthly Observations, yet found that the author’s candor [...]
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02, 2016
A Dream of Cicero
A Dream of Cicero Marbles: What’s wrong, Swan? You look like you’ve seen a ghost. Swan: I have! I had a crazy dream last night I met Cicero. Marbles: You’re kidding. You’ve been reading your books too much. Swan: As little as I can, in fact, with all my teaching. I don’t have time [...]