Tag: Humanities Crisis
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“The Market for Ph.D.’s”
A female philosophy professor from the Graduate Center rebuts a claim in a previous letter that all unemployed philosophers are male. I include this brief and eloquent reply to illustrate how the dialogues around the humanities Ph.D. are changing just over two decades later; while the university was scrambling to increase capacity to provide Ph.D.’s…
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“City U. Considering a Plan That Would Limit Tenure: Enrollment Decline Foreseen”
This article discusses the shift away from liberal arts education and towards professional training at the City University. This is also the result of an anticipated decline in enrollment; it stands as an example of the humanities being seen as less conducive to employment. Read more.
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“The Wrecking of a College”
This is a rare report from outside of the tri-state area, and a very negative one at that. It insists that the newly instated open admissions policy at CUNY is resulting in “semi-illiterate” students on campus and a general destruction of academic standards. The article cites both the lack of training that these students have…
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“A Crunch Is Coming in Higher Education”
This long piece is the Wall Street Journal take on the upcoming crisis of space within the higher education institutions in New York City. It reports from a more numerical and financial perspective than the pieces in the Times. Read more. Related is a piece about a roundtable discussion held by the local college presidents…
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Baruch Separates from City, Almost Eliminates Liberal Arts Program
Education, and specifically liberal arts education, connect again with political and cultural debate in the process of establishing Baruch College as a separate campus. Protests broke out over a recommendation that the campus eliminate its liberal arts programs and be solely an “upper division” campus for business and administration. Coverage focuses primarily on the elimination…
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“CITY COLLEGE ASKS CURRICULUM SHIFT: Liberal Arts Faculty Acts to End Freshman Confusion and Senior Boredom”
MORE SCIENCE IS URGED Plan Limits Required Courses to First 2 Years Latin Faces New Setback This article is extremely informative both in terms of what changes were going on at the university and how it was reported out. “Liberal arts” again is being positioned as a combatant, this time against “specialization” rather than strictly…
