The Humanities Crisis

Who Needs the Humanities?

In fact, find somebody from the humanities.

We need the humanities only if we are committed to the idea of humanity. If the humanities have become obsolete, then it may be that humanity is losing its salience.

For the longest time people have regarded science and humanities as being distinct.

What happened to the science based technocratic state that my humanities professors feared?

Students are staying away in droves, universities are disinvesting in the arts and humanities.

At the top are mathematics and languages, then the humanities, and the bottom are the arts.

And the humanities and arts programs in the universities, which by many measures, indeed are in decline.

Women comprise a majority in fields such as humanities (71 ), social studies (63 ) medicine (50 ), and life sciences.

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In secondary schools and faculties (universities) women mostly choose humanities, while men usually choose technical and natural mathematical sciences.

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Both sides agree to step up cooperation in tourism and aviation and to closely promote humanities exchanges between the two countries.

C.P. Snow spoke of the two cultures science on the one hand, humanities on the other never the twain shall meet.

And they gathered together because the technologists wanted to learn what it would be like to think from a humanities perspective.

So we tried to convince, for example, some of our humanities faculty that multiple choice was not such a bad strategy.

Women comprise a majority in other fields such as humanities (66.4 ), social studies (61.3 ) medicine (52.3 ), law (49.9 ) and life sciences.

But the attack on the arts and humanities is a giant step in the direction of a pliable, dumbed down citizenry. Indeed, the war against the arts and humanities in the US coincided with the emergence of an increasingly ignorant and passive population and a government that serves at the pleasure of corporate interests.

The traditional segregation of educational choices is characterised by the higher percentage of female students in the fields of pedagogy, art and the humanities.

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The Lebanese University had introduced gender mainstreaming in its law, media, humanities and health faculties, and a number of private universities had similar pilot projects.

However, once we set aside its elitist history, there remains a strong element of truth to this idea, especially when applied to the humanities. Although we now think of academic disciplines, including the humanities, as being research led, this understates the university s historic role in converting the primate Homo sapiens into a creature whose interests, aspirations, and achievements extend beyond successful sexual reproduction.

Specifically, what's lacking is the kind of critical thinking work that is so essential in such disciplines as the humanities, the social sciences, business and others.

Study after study is coming to the same conclusion.

For example, female university students are much more likely to study humanities than the so called STEM subjects (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) key drivers of productivity gains, innovation, and economic growth. Efforts by primary and secondary schools could help to foster more diverse interests among female students, giving talented young women the tools they need to make important contributions to key economic sectors.

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The authorities of the prestigious Central American University have sought to further institutionalize gender issues by establishing a Department of Human Development and Gender within the Humanities Faculty.

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He is afraid of the humanities, books, arts, universities, satellites, the Internet, and even mobile phones. For him, the state must control public access to global culture and technology.

However, women continue to cluster in the humanities and are less likely to enter fields such as mathematics, sciences, and engineering, where they comprise only 25 of the students.

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