When I was a college freshman, many years ago, I enrolled in a course on the history of Western Civilization. In it, we began by reading Plato, Aristotle, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, and other prominent ...

Brandeis University says it is revamping its humanities offerings to focus on preparing its students for the workforce. It is one of a number of schools making such moves.

Carnegie Mellon University will introduce new academic programs and resources for students and researchers to blend traditional humanistic inquiry with computational methods like computer vision, ...

For humanities departments to continue to matter, they must challenge the modern world rather than accommodate it.

The humanities are struggling at universities nationwide — but outside the ivory tower, fields from Silicon Valley to politics need them more than ever, four Harvard professors said at a talk hosted ...

As parents enter this fall’s college application season, they’ve likely been warning their children incessantly that a degree in art history or philosophy won’t pay the bills. “Study something ...