The classic liberal-arts major on college campuses has been in a state of crisis for several decades now. The number of bachelor’s degrees awarded in traditional arts-and-sciences fields (English, ...

Choosing a path in higher education is a major milestone, especially when two options sound so similar. In the world of creative studies, the most common choices are the BA (Bachelor of Arts) and the ...

Despite growing skepticism about the value of humanities degrees, college graduates who majored in a humanities field outearn people with no degree in every state, a new report has found. The American ...

“What are you going to do with your degree?” This skeptical question is all too familiar to most humanities majors. As the perception of the humanities as useless disciplines proliferates, their ...

The headline splashed across the digital pages of The New Yorker on February 27 appeared to spell tragedy for humanities education with broad brush strokes: “The End of the English Major.” But as dean ...

The humanities are an often misunderstood group of majors. Because non-humanities degrees like nursing and business, for example, seem to have a more clear post-collegiate track, some may think that ...

Humanities graduates’ earnings are substantially higher than those of people without a college degree and are often on par with or higher than those of graduates in other fields. Credit: Staff/ The ...