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Oh, the humanit(ies)! Why integrating the liberal arts and STEM is a win-win for students, institutions

University Business

Meanwhile, the humanities and social sciences are taking a back seat. Integrating the arts into STEM (“STEAM”) has been in discussion since at least 2010, when the Rhode Island School of Design helped pioneer it. But something exciting is happening in the world of higher education.

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Report: English Majors Employed at Comparable Rates, Educators Can Do More to Prepare Students for Careers

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In fact, this rate for English majors puts it below the unemployment rate for computer and information services majors, 2.8%, though still higher compared to a number of other majors – business, engineering, philosophy, physical science, and history. But for women, that number falls to around $61,000.

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Universities Expand Veteran and Military Studies Offerings

Insight Into Diversity

Recognizing the profound impact of military history on global events, as well as the importance of understanding the experiences and contributions of those who have served, higher education institutions are increasingly creating and expanding military and veteran studies programs. The demographics of veterans continue to change.

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Parroting romanticized myths about English and humanities (letter)

Inside Higher Ed

9, 2023) Following many English professors’ repetitive romanticized myths that falsely oppose subjectivity and objectivity, Newman grasps onto “brain science. 9, 2023) Following many English professors’ repetitive romanticized myths that falsely oppose subjectivity and objectivity, Newman grasps onto “brain science.”

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A brief history of the ‘honorific’ Oxbridge M.A. degree

HEPI

The Master of Arts degree could fit the description. This HEPI long read was authored by Dr Edward Hicks, who undertook a placement with HEPI during the General Election campaign. He usually works for the House of Commons, and has worked for three select committees as well as in the House of Commons Library. When is a degree not a degree?

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New Analysis of Ph.D. Debt, Job Placements

Inside Higher Ed

A new analysis of federal Survey of Earned Doctorates data by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences finds a substantial racial divide in who is accumulating debt in doctoral studies: from 2015 to 2020, approximately 55 percent of Native American and Black students with a Ph.D. History Ph.D.s Humanities Ph.D.s

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Wonders of the Invisible World

Inside Higher Ed

Historians sometimes describe the social sciences as theory rich but often data poor. But history without theory is thin gruel, and social scientists like Brint and Labaree play a crucial role in identifying the conceptual issues that their historian counterparts at times downplay.

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