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8 11, 2026

Advising Students for Humanities Success and Beyond

Humanities Watch2026-11-09T11:51:27-05:00November 8th, 2026|Comments Off on Advising Students for Humanities Success and Beyond

A webinar that presents a new advising strategy and tool for undergraduate students

25 09, 2026

Start with Vivid

Test Dummy2026-09-27T12:28:52-04:00September 25th, 2026|Everything Else, Observations|0 Comments

Start with Vivid: on the poetry of memory It is a main goal of the humanities to deepen and enrich our memories. With good reason Aby Warburg, one of the most creative modern historians, placed the inscription "Memory" ΜΝΗΜΟΣΥΝΗ over the entrance to his library in Hamburg, in order to honor and recognize Memory, [...]

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 [...]

14 02, 2025

DeepSeek goes deep into humanities (Times of India)

Humanities Watch2025-02-14T16:32:43-05:00February 14th, 2025|Asia, business, education, Everything Else, Language, News, Philosophy, STEM|0 Comments

How humanities foster AI creativity at DeepSeek.

20 01, 2025

Nourishing the humanities’ growth

Humanities Watch2025-01-25T16:32:15-05:00January 20th, 2025|Academia, Arts, Debate / dialogue, education, Everything Else, History, Language, Literature, March, Politics, Quotes, science, STEM|0 Comments

An interview with Phoebe Stein of the State Humanities Councils on recognizing and supporting public humanities.

12 01, 2024

Corporate coup (Huck Gutman, Common Dreams)

Humanities Watch2024-01-12T16:27:31-05:00January 12th, 2024|Academia, business, Debate / dialogue, Economics, education, Employment, Everything Else, History, Literature, News, Philosophy, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

How the humanities suffer in the challenge to corporate culture.

30 10, 2023

The high rate of humanities employment (Humanities Indicators)

Humanities Watch2023-10-30T08:55:51-04:00October 30th, 2023|Academia, business, Debate / dialogue, Economics, education, Employment, Everything Else, News, Politics, STEM, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

A state-by-state US survey showing the strength of humanities jobs.

18 08, 2023

Taking the lead through the humanities (Jenny Kincaid Boone, Virginia Tech News)

Humanities Watch2023-08-18T15:48:51-04:00August 18th, 2023|Academia, business, Economics, education, Everything Else, History, Literature, News, Philosophy, poetry, psychology, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

Technology leaders find new dimensions of stewardship through the humanities.

4 07, 2023

Syncopated synapses (Jon Hamilton, NPR)

Humanities Watch2023-07-04T12:19:33-04:00July 4th, 2023|Academia, Arts, education, Europe, Everything Else, History, Language, Literature, mathematics, Music, News, painting, U.S. / Canada, Writing|0 Comments

How the arts help us think and create.

28 04, 2023

The humanities’ advantage (Higher Education Policy Institute)

Humanities Watch2023-04-28T14:52:03-04:00April 28th, 2023|Academia, business, Debate / dialogue, Economics, education, Employment, Europe, Everything Else, health, Medicine, News, STEM, Technology|0 Comments

A new report argues for renewed support for the humanities in Britain.