Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Our nation’s educational system, once the envy of the world, has been ensnared in turmoil of late. Most recently, in response to a ...

Humanities education, once considered the very backbone and heartbeat of American intellectual life, is fast losing its place in the national imagination. What was once cherished as the essence of a ...

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In a new book, BC professor Carlo Rotella takes readers inside the classroom to show how timeless skills—including problem-solving, critical thinking, and strong communication—pay off for students in ...

In an era where STEM often dominates the conversation, the humanities remain a powerful foundation for understanding culture, history, and human connection. From fostering critical thinking to ...

A TV program about Bergen-Belsen prompts Rob over at A Comfortable Place to ask whether critics like Matthew Arnold and F.R. Leavis were wrong to believe that studying the humanities makes us better ...

Marshall Kosloff talks with Editorial Board Chair Frank Gavin about his essay in TNSR, “Cracks in the Ivory Tower?” They discuss why universities need to consider the purpose of higher education and ...

The American Academy of Arts and Sciences report on the state of the humanities and social sciences, “The Heart of the Matter,” has the ring of a familiar lament, one that has reverberated at least ...

Thus, I reached out to a colleague, Jeffrey Kripal, an expert in the history of religion, to enlighten us on the connection between science and spirituality, mind and matter, and humanities and the ...

From the Times, on the decline in teaching English and the humanities: “The rush to make education pay off presupposes that only the most immediately applicable skills are worth acquiring…. The ...