Humanities

The Social Sciences Are Under Attack in Higher Education
News
January 2, 2024

The Social Sciences Are Under Attack in Higher Education

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Musical Ways of Knowing
Interdisciplinarity
July 19, 2023

Musical Ways of Knowing

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How a Degree in Humanities Can Help in a Disruptive Economy
Career
September 12, 2018

How a Degree in Humanities Can Help in a Disruptive Economy

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Arts Degrees – Why Bother?
Higher Education Reform
October 11, 2017

Arts Degrees – Why Bother?

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In the Anthropocene, Every Discipline Has a Role

In the Anthropocene, Every Discipline Has a Role

Grappling with climate change going forward won’t be so much grappling with climate as it will be grappling with human reactions to the forces already in motion. Universities have a role to play in marshaling all their disciplines in this endeavor, says Matthew Nisbet.

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Leiden Statement Emphasizes Importance of Social Science, Humanities

Leiden Statement Emphasizes Importance of Social Science, Humanities

A network of coalitions of research universities from around the world have come out with a strong statement stressing the importance of social science and humanities in the academy and among policymakers.

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The Scottish Referendum: Social Science and National Identity

The Scottish Referendum: Social Science and National Identity

As the independence vote moves from all-consuming question to historical incident, what are the lessons that Scottish universities and in particular Scottish social scientists should take away?

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Who Takes Humanities Courses? A Lot of Social Scientists

Who Takes Humanities Courses? A Lot of Social Scientists

Parsing federal education statistics, it turns out that prospective social scientists are the most avid consumers of humanities courses as undergrads (not counting humanities majors themselves, that is).

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Is Doctor Who a Sociologist?

Is Doctor Who a Sociologist?

Doctor Who’s sobriquet implies he’s earned a doctorate in something. The Doctor’s not telling what he might have studied, but his actions and attitudes make a strong case for one discipline …

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Humanities and the Liberal University: Calls to Action

Humanities and the Liberal University: Calls to Action

Beyond the funding fears experienced by the social science, the humanities have those kinds of worries and their cyclic existential crisis.

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Social Science Left Behind as China Embraces Open Access

Social Science Left Behind as China Embraces Open Access

China’s apparent reluctance to publish it social science and humanities scholarship openly is less about what it lets out, argues Michael Hockx, and more about what opening up might let in.

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OA in Britain: We Have a Rule, Now Let’s Get Some Data

OA in Britain: We Have a Rule, Now Let’s Get Some Data

The landscape for open access in Britain’s social science and humanities fields is very different and very similar to the better studied STEM fields, a new report from the British Academy finds.

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