A recent report on the humanities criticizes the distortion of scholarship in the service of political goals. Other disciplines would like a word.

As AI changes work needs and higher education’s value is questioned, we must reconsider learning itself.

The value of four years of college is ultimately measured by its relevance to the workplace. How a degree in humanities can empower students was the subject of the inaugural...

Bachelor’s degrees in humanities were awarded at a significantly lower level compared to the past decade in 2025, according to a Sept. 8 report from the American Academy of Arts and Sciences’ Humaniti...

Sophie Goldsworthy, Global Academic Publisher, explores how AI companies hiring philosophers may have made a compelling case for the study of humanities disciplines.

Young people are the biggest stakeholders in their own education, and yet we know little about how students think about coursework, attending college, and their broader life goals. Focus groups and in...

As reading skills decline, students may be steering away from the subjects that require them to read deeply. Colleges should help prepare them before they arrive.

When I told friends and family I wanted to pursue a secondary major in philosophy, the most common response was, “How will that make money?” No matter how much I explained I liked the subject and foun...

Since 2012, the number of humanities majors has plunged as students chased degrees with what looked like guaranteed career payoffs. But the job market has changed.

History and social sciences tick upwards but languages and creative arts continue to fall, while vocational subjects rise

The retreat from take-home essays jeopardizes the future of the humanities.

American students continue to turn away from the humanities, with bachelor’s degrees in the field falling to their lowest level in more than three decades.

Ayanna Howard on why she’s ‘bullish’ on the humanities.

Abstract Interactions with health sciences and professions are shaping the field of religious studies. This article situates the University of Arizona’s Religious Studies for Health Professionals degr...

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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.

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.

Philosophy & Technology - Academic researchers are already submitting AI-generated manuscripts for publication, sometimes without acknowledging the role of the AI. This raises a host of moral...

The current ecological, economic and political crises present universities with challenges that cannot be addressed through science alone. Higher educ...

Montclair State students and faculty have joined a national debate over the future of the humanities in higher ed.

To remain relevant amid evolving attitudes toward higher education, Brandeis University and institutions like it are redefining their purpose

How much are we to blame for the lack of public trust in higher education?

Like it or not, we need to learn the tools and their limitations.

Like it or not, we need to learn the tools and their limitations.

If you were cruising the parking lots of Purdue University Fort Wayne this first week of classes around noon, you were part of a familiar...

But engineering and health professions saw big enrollment gains last year, according to new data.

Why the Humanities Look Stagnant Just as Their Foundations Are Shifting

The University of Southern California will offer a degree in AI, and the University of California, Los Angeles, is starting a Department of Digital Humanities to apply AI to fields like sociology, arc...

The Department of Computer Science at Ithaca College launched an artificial intelligence major, available for students to start declaring at the beginning of Fall 2026. The major, part of a series of ...

UCLA’s new major combines classical humanities with technical know-how to examine a digitized and increasingly AI-enhanced world.

Opinion Columnist Defne Yucesir, an exchange student from University College London, discusses how the humanities field in academia has fundamentally changed with a growing absence of critique. S...

An FSU professor who wrote a book about college majors and entry-level jobs explains why the degrees still matter.

More than a dozen schools have scaled back such programs, citing low enrollment, budget issues and state laws, a Washington Post review found.

As hiring falls across 20 top college majors, new LinkedIn data shows which degrees work best for versatility, with liberal arts such as English in the lead.

The future’s a riddle. Shakespeare isn’t.