They're getting free iPads. Students who participate in a new honors program in digital cultures and creativity at a university in Maryland this fall have been promised the tablet computers as part of the program's launch. This same institution also offers courses in electronic literature and new media that covers such areas as online books and electronic book readers.
Leach told the publication that he sees the National Endowment for Humanities proceeding with a "bridging cultures" initiative in the United States and internationally. He sees culture as coming first, with politics following, the publication noted. Foreign languages, he added, would be helpful for Americans to study. Culture and languages often are part of humanities degrees online and on campus. Additional subjects might include history, philosophy, English and ethics. These areas might help individuals gain a better appreciation for their own cultures as well as others, particularly as a global economy becomes more intimate through technology. Students who enroll in on-campus and online degrees in humanities, however, might not have careers in mind.
With budget cutbacks, however, humanities degrees can give way to other programs. Students these days might even be hard pressed to find degree programs in the subject area. "Programs that are engaged in the production of knowledge that is readily turned into money are the targets of investment, while the rest are to be downsized into... credits and a degree factory," classical and Near Eastern studies professor Eva von Dassow told a regents board in a video broadcast on YouTube.
In Pullman, Wash., one university offers a humanities degree that it says is the only one in the state. Humanities degrees at this particular institution include classes related to women's and ethnic studies that the university website notes can help students understand a global culture from multiple perspectives. At a college in Oregon, students working toward a bachelor's degree in arts and humanities might major in art and visual culture, modern languages, theatre and communication arts and music.
Industries want scientists who can understand an application's intellectual properties and issues of equity, human awareness perspective and more, according to co-founders of the Humanities, Arts, Science and Technology Advanced Collaboratory. This particular group formed in 2002 in response to the diminished role of humanities in the information age, according to its website. "Changes in the Information Age require us to think and act collectively to envision new ways of learning to serve the goals of a global society," the group's website notes.
Students throughout the world are enrolling in Chinese language classes particularly, according to the website for an Iowa institution. A Washington state university reports that its Chinese studies graduates have found jobs in foreign investment and tourism and trade, according to the institution's website. Classes in these areas at the institution include modern China, Tibet in fact and fiction and global management.
At a Philadelphia, Pa., college, the humanities are actually being added as part of a new general studies degree program. The idea is to increase the number of students who continue their education beyond the high school level, a Business Wire news item noted. A college or university education alone, according to a business professor interviewed for Inside Higher Education, can help reduce crime values, increase contributions to the community and more. A community college instructor this year was reportedly working to bring attention both to community colleges and to poetry, a Library of Commerce news release suggests. US Poet Laureate Kay Ryan, with the Community College Humanities Association, was scheduled to hold a "Poetry for the Mind's Joy" competition. As part of the event, Ryan was expected to hold a video conference that, streamed live over the Internet, included a discussion in how to write poetry.
Leach told the publication that he sees the National Endowment for Humanities proceeding with a "bridging cultures" initiative in the United States and internationally. He sees culture as coming first, with politics following, the publication noted. Foreign languages, he added, would be helpful for Americans to study. Culture and languages often are part of humanities degrees online and on campus. Additional subjects might include history, philosophy, English and ethics. These areas might help individuals gain a better appreciation for their own cultures as well as others, particularly as a global economy becomes more intimate through technology. Students who enroll in on-campus and online degrees in humanities, however, might not have careers in mind.
With budget cutbacks, however, humanities degrees can give way to other programs. Students these days might even be hard pressed to find degree programs in the subject area. "Programs that are engaged in the production of knowledge that is readily turned into money are the targets of investment, while the rest are to be downsized into... credits and a degree factory," classical and Near Eastern studies professor Eva von Dassow told a regents board in a video broadcast on YouTube.
In Pullman, Wash., one university offers a humanities degree that it says is the only one in the state. Humanities degrees at this particular institution include classes related to women's and ethnic studies that the university website notes can help students understand a global culture from multiple perspectives. At a college in Oregon, students working toward a bachelor's degree in arts and humanities might major in art and visual culture, modern languages, theatre and communication arts and music.
Industries want scientists who can understand an application's intellectual properties and issues of equity, human awareness perspective and more, according to co-founders of the Humanities, Arts, Science and Technology Advanced Collaboratory. This particular group formed in 2002 in response to the diminished role of humanities in the information age, according to its website. "Changes in the Information Age require us to think and act collectively to envision new ways of learning to serve the goals of a global society," the group's website notes.
Students throughout the world are enrolling in Chinese language classes particularly, according to the website for an Iowa institution. A Washington state university reports that its Chinese studies graduates have found jobs in foreign investment and tourism and trade, according to the institution's website. Classes in these areas at the institution include modern China, Tibet in fact and fiction and global management.
At a Philadelphia, Pa., college, the humanities are actually being added as part of a new general studies degree program. The idea is to increase the number of students who continue their education beyond the high school level, a Business Wire news item noted. A college or university education alone, according to a business professor interviewed for Inside Higher Education, can help reduce crime values, increase contributions to the community and more. A community college instructor this year was reportedly working to bring attention both to community colleges and to poetry, a Library of Commerce news release suggests. US Poet Laureate Kay Ryan, with the Community College Humanities Association, was scheduled to hold a "Poetry for the Mind's Joy" competition. As part of the event, Ryan was expected to hold a video conference that, streamed live over the Internet, included a discussion in how to write poetry.
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