“What are you going to do with your degree?” This skeptical question is all too familiar to most humanities majors. As the perception of the humanities as useless disciplines proliferates, their ...

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 ...

There is a common misconception that degrees in the humanities -- like English, history and philosophy -- are the first nails in the coffin of a young person’s career prospects. “We need more welders ...

Everyone has heard the spiel they ought to pursue a STEM degree if they have the aptitude. Not only are these subjects crucial for developing the economy of the future, but they are the most sensible ...

Humanities graduates’ earnings are substantially higher than those of people without a college degree and are often on par with or higher than those of graduates in other fields. Credit: Staff/ The ...

The editorial director of NotebookLM told BI that humanities skills are gaining value in AI. Steven Johnson says a new "AI wrangler" role requires knowledge of models and what they can do. He said ...

As far as undergraduate enrolments are concerned, the humanities are on the decline. According to a report by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, while the sciences, engineering and ...

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. The number of bachelor's degrees in the humanities conferred in 2015 -- 212,512 -- was down 5 percent ...

The University of California, Berkeley reports that, compared to last year, it's seen a 121% increase in the number of first-year students declaring majors in the arts and humanities. For years the ...

University of California's Berkeley Campus has reported a sharp increase in students enrolling in arts and humanities majors in the last decade. But the tides may be changing, at least at the ...

Once, most people saw college as a place where they could study what they loved. Now, the motivations have changed: most students see college first as a way to improve employment opportunities.

Humanities departments are suffering from a decade of declining majors and enrollments, plus “formidable” new pressures stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic. The need for effective strategies to ...