State humanities councils connect Americans with their past and each other. That work is under threat due to federal cuts.

F or the past few years, I’ve taught an environmental-humanities course called “Witnessing Climate Change.” I’m a literary scholar and writer, so it’s mostly a writing course, but it also introduces ...

In high school, Kristin Hsu thought she’d become a doctor. “I would do STEM summer camps and learn more about biology,” she recalled. “And then I had a small injury, and I fainted when I saw my blood.

Faculty research at Tufts has been limited by the cancellation of grants and the withdrawal of research funding across the country since President Donald Trump took office last winter. These changes, ...

The emergency funding came after the National Endowment for the Humanities canceled most existing grants, part of a pivot toward President Trump’s priorities. By Jennifer Schuessler The Mellon ...

Zara Vaughan is a Georgia Tech sophomore, majoring in literature, media and communication. “You know, you don't normally have to read an essay as an adult, but communication skills are really ...

UNCA's chancellor is willing to compromise students’ education due to a legislator’s alleged ignorance around the meaning of the liberal arts.

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. But the arguments used to justify both the active dismantling and the long-term disinvestment ...

The death of the humanities. The undying "well, what are you planning on doing with that?" This perceived ‘death’ has plagued students in these fields for as long as they decided that math, science ...