The Humanities: A Status Report

Steven Mintz, professor of history at the University of Texas at Austin examines the AAAS/Humanities Indicators’ report, “A Profile of Humanities Departments Pre-Pandemic, and suggests it is not as ‘bleak’ as first thought: “…Despite a significant decline in the number of degrees granted in departments of art history, English, history and philosophy, the number of minors remained stable and course enrollments [sic] remained high at around six million.”  Read more here.