Tag: humanities

Liberal arts programs need to be protected at universities

It shouldn’t take students launching a protest for universities to recognize there’s more value in studying liberal arts than pennies and dimes.  At the University of Wisconsin at Steven’s Point, the school’s administration has proposed they drop 13 majors in the humanities and social sciences so...

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Degrees in the humanities have a lot to offer

The view that studying STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) disciplines is the only way to secure employment often surfaces in high school. I remember my math and science teachers lecturing students on how prioritizing their English readings over their math homework was setting...

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Fall of humanities may mean rise of mixed education

With more universities moulding the humanities with business and STEM, many students may no longer have to decide between education for the sake of knowledge and education for job security. Over recent years, the declining interest in humanities degrees hasn’t changed, nor is it changing anytime soon,...

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Student initiative needed

Universities can offer as many career resources as they want, but it doesn’t matter if students aren’t taking their own initiative. A recent study found that Ontario university graduates are increasingly jobless, with employment rates far lower than before the late-2000s recession. Humanities graduates...

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‘Unconference’ comes to Queen’s

A group of students, scholars, librarians and archivists will descend to Douglas Library next month to go back to “camp.” The Humanities and Technology Camp, or THATcamp, brings together humanists and technologists to share knowledge in informal sessions. Queen’s first THATcamp will take place on...

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