The Kean University Faculty Seminar on “The Global Crisis and Promise of Higher Education” (organized in partnership with 4Humanities) will run its next Webinar of the year on November 12, 2012, featuring Dr. Jeffrey Toney and Corina Hernandez on “Public Investment in Higher Education: Ushering Our Campuses Into the 21st Century.” Jeffrey Toney is Vice […]
Advocacy Statements & Campaigns
What Can You Do with a Ph.D. in the Humanities?
In a recent piece in The Chronicle of Higher Education, L. Maren Wood features the results of her research regarding what nonacademic career paths recent graduates with Ph.D.’s in history are taking. Curious about what fields graduates like her who didn’t take the tenure track are working in, Wood researched the careers of history Ph.D.’s […]
All Our Ideas: The Value of the Humanities
4Humanities is running an All Our Ideas campaign to see what you think are the best arguments for the humanities. The question we’ve posted is What is the value of the humanities?. Follow the link and vote on different answers (or propose your own.)
Resources for Advocacy: A Review of the Arts & Humanities Research Council Reports
The UK’s Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), founded in 2005, has published a number of reports that are an important resource for arts and humanities advocacy. These reports highlight the value of arts and humanities research in the UK and abroad in a number of different ways. One report, “Arts and Humanities Research Landscape,” […]
Infographics Friday: Students in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences in the UK
This is the first installment of our new series, Infographics Friday, in which we will be publishing a different infographic showing the value of the humanities each Friday. This week’s infographic is taken from a 2010 report by the British Academy entitled, “Past, Present and Future: The Public Value of the Humanities and Social Sciences.” […]
Confronting the Criticisms: A Survey of Attacks on the Humanities
The task of defending the relevancy of the humanities relies significantly upon succinctly and creatively responding to critiques made against them. This article attempts to summarize a fair number of view points critiquing the humanities, with the goal of providing a sort of partial overview of arguments that are appearing in the ongoing debate.
Webinar: James Lerman, “Futurecasting Higher Education’s Ecosystem: How Do I Fit In?” (October 15, 2012)
The Kean University Faculty Seminar on “The Global Crisis and Promise of Higher Education” (organized in partnership with 4Humanities) will run its second Webinar of the year on October 15, 2012, featuring James Lerman on “Futurecasting Higher Education’s Ecosystem: How Do I Fit In?” (See publicity flyer.) The Webinar will meet 3:20-4:30 pm, Eastern Time […]