After a year of cost-cutting, The Chronicle looked at where Duke is spending its dollars, finding that while a significant ...

The humanities are in crisis — or so the prevailing narrative goes. As some politicians wage ideological attacks, others claim the humanities lack vocational relevance, particularly with the rise of ...

The humanities have entered a new era, one focused on deconstructing power and privilege, rethinking race and identity, and reimagining justice and equality. The goal is no longer just to interpret ...

Lycoming College’s fourth annual Undergraduate Humanities Research Conference was its largest yet featuring 78 presenters ...

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 ...

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 ...

Ira Wells teaches in the Vic One program of the University of Toronto. Imagine you are 17 years old and bound for university. You were born in 2006, two years before the economic meltdown. You are ...

Enrollment in the humanities is collapsing. Why? Probably because (1) there's a widespread belief that humanities degrees should be avoided; (2) the humanities generate too much nonsensical research; ...

It seems we’ve decided the humanities have less to give the human race — or more modestly, this country’s future — than the sciences. This is a serious mistake. The sciences and the humanities are ...

The notion that "the humanities are useless" is not new, but it has gained renewed poignancy in today's artificial intelligence-driven world. As a journalist observing trends in education, I've ...

The organization won a ruling against the administration in August but about 60% of the 2025 grant funding has yet to be ...