In recent years, the media has given us dire warnings about the “crisis of the humanities.” In article after article, one reads about falling enrollments in college English departments and…
In May, The Chronicle of Higher Education asked four academics from across the country to weigh in on the “adjunct crisis.” The results were predictable, with most of the blame directed at the usual…
If you want to see one example of why a new populism has emerged in American universities in the last 10 years, take a look at a statement issued last…
“Dartmouth falls out of an exclusive group,” declared a 2016 headline in The Washington Post just days after the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education released its 2015 classifications…
More than six years have passed since Richard Arum and Josipa Roksa rocked the academic world with their landmark book, Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses. Their study of more…
The humanities may not be dead, but they are certainly moribund on many college campuses. Once the crown jewels of higher education, now they are valued about as much as…
Two modest reasons to preserve the humanities
Why you should think twice about majoring in women’s studies and theatre arts
A book by a British professor fails to find good arguments for teaching the humanities.
The discipline of English is already in trouble, but there is more to come.