The crisis, when it came, arrived so quickly that its scale was hard to recognize at first. From 2012 to the start of the pandemic, the number of English majors on campus at Arizona State University ...

Unlike the decline in the number of humanities and English majors over the past decade at institutions such as Arizona State University and Harvard University reported by The New Yorker, USC’s ...

The humanities are in crisis. That’s the crux of Nathan Heller’s recent article for The New Yorker, “The End of the English Major,” which is drawing national attention and debate. Heller, who himself ...

In the English degree program, you will have opportunities to compose poetry and short stories, and to write essays on topics ranging from Shakespearean drama to justice and ecology. With an English ...

When he was president of the Modern Language Association, Michael Bérubé described the myriad challenges facing doctoral education as “a seamless garment of crisis.” That was 2013. I’m reluctant to ...

This unique interdisciplinary MA offers you the opportunity to study English Literature and Black Humanities, deepening your passion for literature through an engagement with the global histories, ...

It is completely possible to live a fulfilling existence under the quiet oppression of mediocrity. Most people do, and it’s fine. There’s plenty of perfectly enjoyable TV, perfectly acceptable ...

The University of Wyoming’s English Ph.D. in the Public Humanities is a dynamic degree designed to prepare students for publicly engaged careers beyond colleges and universities. We believe that the ...

The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have stories delivered to your inbox. Consider becoming a member to support our nonprofit journalism. The drop in ...

Matthew L. Jockers may be the first English professor to assign 1,200 novels in one class. Lucky for the students, they don’t have to read them. As grunts in Stanford University’s new Literature Lab, ...

Pratt Institute’s English and Humanities Department has been renamed the Humanities and Media Studies Department, effective July 1, 2009. The department, which is one of three academic departments ...