Readers respond to a guest essay by a philosophy professor about difficulties defending the humanities. To the Editor: Re “I Teach the Humanities. I Still Don’t Know What Their Value Is,” by Agnes ...

O ver the last couple of decades, the humanities have often been defended. Too often. Those defenses have been most useful when they have segued into what has also become a thriving field over the ...

Neubauer Collegium project to articulate value of humanistic scholarship and teaching in higher education and society ...

O nce again, there are signs of deep trouble for the humanities in higher education — in the Western world, if not the world as a whole. News of closures trickles in relentlessly. At New Zealand’s ...

I often cite classicist Daniel Mendelsohn’s insight that when your father dies, your accounting degree won’t help you process the experience to underscore the humanities’ true value: their unique ...

Throughout high school, Jessica Lao ’23 was set on studying English. Her love of literature dates back to her childhood, when her mother would bring her books from the library: children’s versions of ...

You have /3 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. As humanists grow ever more desperate for students, funding and public recognition, these scholars ...

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 ...

Colleges across America are beginning to prepare for graduation season, but in some corners of campus, you’re more likely to hear sounds of dread than of celebration. These are the humanities ...