While the humanities have suffered what a US Congressman calls a triple whammy, he sees value in these studies. James A. Leach was appointed by President Barack Obama last year to head the National Endowment for the Humanities. In a November/December issue of the agency's Humanities magazine, he admitted that the economy, reduced government capacities and a focus on more job-intensive vocational training have affected studies in the humanities.
Currently, NEH is primarily liable for supporting research studies, education opportunities, preservation, and public programs in field of humanities.
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.
The goal of the National Digital Newspaper Program is to crate a national digital resource of historically significant newspapers published between the years 1836 and 1922, from all of the States and its territories.
Earning a humanities degree or majoring in a foreign language can actually help with an array of careers, information on the Utah university website report. Most humanities degree recipients at this institution in 2007 actually went into business and finance and education at the K-12 level, followed by the legal profession. Most Asian and Near Eastern Languages majors there entered business and finance fields, followed by management and the legal profession.
Degrees in the humanities, many agree, help students develop skills in communication, problem solving, research and analysis. An English professor who serves on a Council for the Humanities board in an Inside Higher Education opinion piece suggested that graduate studies in humanities train students for work beyond teaching and research assistance. He proposed that humanities departments, some of which offer courses in ethics, values and aesthetics, consider the value of having professional "humanists" in government, non-profit associations, business or even the military.
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.
Currently, NEH is primarily liable for supporting research studies, education opportunities, preservation, and public programs in field of humanities.
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.
The goal of the National Digital Newspaper Program is to crate a national digital resource of historically significant newspapers published between the years 1836 and 1922, from all of the States and its territories.
Earning a humanities degree or majoring in a foreign language can actually help with an array of careers, information on the Utah university website report. Most humanities degree recipients at this institution in 2007 actually went into business and finance and education at the K-12 level, followed by the legal profession. Most Asian and Near Eastern Languages majors there entered business and finance fields, followed by management and the legal profession.
Degrees in the humanities, many agree, help students develop skills in communication, problem solving, research and analysis. An English professor who serves on a Council for the Humanities board in an Inside Higher Education opinion piece suggested that graduate studies in humanities train students for work beyond teaching and research assistance. He proposed that humanities departments, some of which offer courses in ethics, values and aesthetics, consider the value of having professional "humanists" in government, non-profit associations, business or even the military.
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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