Misguided Careerism is Killing the Humanities - The Observer

Misguided Careerism is Killing the Humanities - The Observer

The warnings family members give about starving English majors are working — students are fleeing from the humanities en masse.  According to the American Institute for Arts and Sciences, interest in humanities programs across college campuses has dropped by around half in the past two decades. Disinterest in the humanities is evident even at Fordham, where required liberal arts courses are met with apathy or disdain. Instead, students have shif…