Earning a humanities degree was not only life changing, in terms of opening up a world of knowledge otherwise beyond my reach ...

The wisdom of seeking a degree in the humanities is often called into question, with administrators perennially seeking to cut majors, state officials targeting them, and professors debating how ...

The Sept. 11 Business article “Humanities majors look back with most regret” contained any number of basic truths: that many college graduates leave school buried in debt; that STEM degree ...

Beyond the professional and personal benefits of a humanities degree, humanities majors also shape the cultural zeitgeist. They are essential because they require and cultivate the ability to ...

The Ohio State University’s main campus, for example, saw a 46 percent drop in humanities majors between 2012 and 2022. But make no mistake: The humanities are thriving in the public sphere.

Humanities degrees are in sharp decline. The annual tally of bachelor’s degrees in humanities dropped from a peak of 236,826 in 2012 to 179,272 in 2022, according to the American Academy of Arts ...

For the humanities faculty, “it’s an existential crisis,” Elizabeth Reitz Mullenix, provost of Miami University, said in an interview. “There’s so much pressure about return on ...