The ways engineering, in order to succeed, requires training in the humanities (for example, Russian literature) and vice versa!
The President of the New York Institute of Technology explains why the humanities are vital for scientific and medical inquiry.
Words of warning from the former chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities. The humanities are declining because too many humanities scholars are alienating students and the public with their opacity, triviality, and irrelevance.
In fact, the separation between the scientists and non-scientists is much less bridgeable among the young than it was even thirty years ago. Thirty years ago the cultures had long ceased to speak to each other: but at least they managed a kind of frozen smile across the gulf. Now the politeness has gone, and [...]
Looking toward the past, and the future, on New Year's Day
A call for integrative therapy, including the liberal arts
Humanities skills offer a multifaceted and adaptable toolbox for navigating career shifts and changing workforce demands.
Do the humanities sacrifice truth for theory, unlike scientists?
We are mistaken when we believe that culture and the humanities are being served by scholarship. The truth is that art and culture do not belong in a university. It cannot be a home for them, because culture proper and scholarship proper are diametrically opposed.... [T]he objects of culture are not analyzable.... Great works of [...]
