Why? Concerns about jobs and the reading load. “Traditionally, the coursework for those majors require students to read high volumes of material. ‘Many students just don’t feel comfortable with long-form reading that they’d do in an English or history class.’” www.insidehighered.com/news/student...
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Report: Humanities Majors Disappearing
Anxiety about job prospects and heavy reading loads have led to dramatic declines in humanities majors since 2012, according to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.