There's been a sharp drop in the number of students majoring in the humanities. urbazon/E+ via Getty Images Stereotypes abound about liberal arts degrees leading to low-paying jobs, despite research ...
Across the country, humanities majors have plummeted. Since 2011, history has seen a 33-percent drop in majors. English has seen a longer and more drastic decline, while languages, philosophy, and ...
Students can earn up to nine college credits from Bard College, a program partner, along with the Clemente Course in the Humanities, and Portland State University. But Rozzell Medina, who directs the ...
At UNC, it’s largely agreed that humanities classes are easier than STEM classes. I don’t stay in Davis Library studying until 2 a.m. for any of my English classes, like others do for their chemistry ...
Columnist Kaynath Chowdhury highlights how curving STEM classes makes it easier for students to not learn the material. Credit: Chenyao Liu Fear spiked through me as I saw the average for my CIS ...
Every semester, students from all class years scramble to secure a seat in many of Brown’s smaller seminar courses. But there ...
The humanities have served as the cornerstone of higher education since their very inception. According to the National Humanities Center, this academic discipline includes the study of history, ...
What weeks ago seemed unthinkable is now a reality for many professors: take all your courses online, suddenly and indefinitely, due to COVID-19. And while technical and other practical challenges ...
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Anna Mae Duane, University of Connecticut (THE CONVERSATION) Stereotypes abound about ...