Humanities graduates’ earnings are substantially higher than those of people without a college degree and are often on par with or higher than those of graduates in other fields. Credit: Staff/ The ...

“What are you going to do with your degree?” This skeptical question is all too familiar to most humanities majors. As the perception of the humanities as useless disciplines proliferates, their ...

The University of Connecticut Humanities Institute created an audio project to spread awareness and provide student insight on the value of humanities degrees. The 15 minute audio project features ...

Efforts to eliminate college classes that lawmakers say don’t meet Texas’ workforce needs have some educators and advocates worried about the future of the state’s social and cultural richness. State ...

The humanities are an often misunderstood group of majors. Because non-humanities degrees like nursing and business, for example, seem to have a more clear post-collegiate track, some may think that ...

The director of the Office of Undergraduate Research, Micah Heumann, gave a presentation on Monday, Feb. 26. The presentation centered around how valuable humanities majors are. File Photo/The Daily ...

Doctorates in the humanities take too long too finish: The median time has passed nine years, during which degree candidates live on a pittance and often postpone important life decisions (such as ...

Josephine Perl knows from experience that most college students pursuing humanities degrees inevitably get asked a version of the same question: What will you do to make a living? It’s an inquiry the ...

Professor Vanessa Mercado-Taylor speaks to students during a humanities course, Mexican American fine arts appreciation, at Dallas College’s Eastfield campus, Monday, May 5, 2025, in Mesquite. A ...