In part three of a series of articles that looks at the humanities at Bowdoin today, we examine the evidence supporting the idea that studying the humanities helps Bowdoin graduates find jobs—and ...

In their teaching and research, Princeton University’s humanities faculty keep their intellectual antennas tuned to what Dean of the Faculty Gene Jarrett calls “the frequencies of ideas,” crackling ...

In 1964, an influential report identified a disquieting trend in academia. “Increasingly during the past few years,” it began, “concern has been expressed about the condition, in this country, of ...

F or the past few years, I’ve taught an environmental-humanities course called “Witnessing Climate Change.” I’m a literary scholar and writer, so it’s mostly a writing course, but it also introduces ...

Maxwell Eller is majoring in classics and Arturo Padilla in religious studies for health professionals, both at the University of Arizona. “It helped my attention span in a world of YouTube and ...