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28 novembre 2018

Guidelines on Arts Programs Facing Cuts

HomeBy Colleen Flaherty. With many institutions cutting or considering cutting humanities and arts programs and resources, the College Art Association has released guidelines for addressing substantive changes to art, art history or design programs. More...

26 novembre 2018

A Cycle of Advice

HomeEvery new group of humanities and social science scholars needs guidance to reimagine professional development and career options, writes Alfreda James. More...

26 novembre 2018

What Makes a Good Chief Academic Officer?

HomeMichael T. Marsden offers lessons that he's learned serving at liberal arts colleges for close to two decades. More...

26 novembre 2018

Why It Matters That More Americans Read Poetry Now

HomeWe are not living in the end times for the arts, even if public arts and humanities institutions in the United States remain criminally underfunded, writes Eric Weiskott. More...

26 novembre 2018

The Community We All Choose to Build

HomeAlan R. Townsend describes why he left a top research university to help lead a small liberal arts college. More...

20 novembre 2018

Social sciences and humanities vital for change-makers

By Roger Chao Jr. There is a need for universities to redouble their efforts to develop real transformative leaders who contribute to regional and global transformation, addressing shared issues through enhanced collaboration across institutional and national boundaries. More...
16 novembre 2018

Call for Applications for the European Award for Excellence in Teaching in the Social Sciences and Humanities

Central European University is pleased to announce the eighth annual European Award for Excellence in Teaching in the Social Sciences and Humanities. This pioneering award, first announced in 2011 on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of Central European University, honors academics in the social sciences and humanities who teach at higher education institutions in the European Higher Education Area. More...

6 novembre 2018

As humanities majors decline, colleges try to hype up their programs

University Business Magazine logoMany colleges have become cheerleaders for their own humanities programs, launching promotional campaigns to make them more appealing to students. More...

3 novembre 2018

Don't underestimate the value of humanities

University Business Magazine logoThe students' conversation has stayed with me, in part because it fits into a larger, disconcerting narrative about the role of the humanities in higher education. In a time of dizzying technological achievement and of rapid scientific innovation, skeptics of the humanities may question the usefulness of studying Aristotle, the history of the Italian Renaissance or modern Chinese fiction. More...

3 novembre 2018

The few humanities majors who dominate in the business world

The ConversationWe analyzed data from S&P Global on 2,262 corporate leaders – vice presidents and C-suite executives – in the U.S. today. According to the data, only 1.5 percent graduated in a humanities or liberal arts field.
History and psychology graduates are the two groups of humanities graduates most common in the executive ranks of the business world, followed by philosophy and linguistics graduates. People with degrees in music, drama and fashion were the least common.
The data also show that only 23 percent of humanities and liberal arts executives pursued an MBA, lower than the 26 percent rate for the total population of executives. A higher proportion of humanities and liberal arts executives also had Ph.D.‘s or master’s degrees. More...
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