This ability is honed through the kind of rigorous humanities education I was privileged to receive.
A successful humanities education makes the obvious questionable and shows that the present is neither eternal nor inevitable.
They are followed, in descending order, by students studying physical sciences, biological sciences, arts and humanities, education and social sciences.
The real question, Mr. Silver maintains, is not how many students major in the humanities, but how much of a humanities education nonmajors receive.
Or is the point of a university degree to give students a broad and deep humanities education that teaches them how to think and write critically?
Professors in English, the humanities, education, sociology and the sciences collaborated to teach ideas and lessons from the various works, and post online study guides.
Life will be tougher for liberal-arts majors if they don't get training in how to apply a humanities education.
The point of humanities education is to foster independent, critical thought and broad historical perspective, both in students and in university culture.
Students examine the value of humanities education during a time of economic turmoil by reflecting on their learning experiences and discussing the role the humanities play in their lives in school and beyond.
Historically, though, a humanities education has been a luxury, and what we're facing now is a return to this scenario, in which only the privileged few who can afford to dabble in the philosophical arts do so.
To the Editor: Thank goodness that Derek Bok, a former president of Harvard, and Anthony T. Kronman, a Yale law professor — as well as President Obama — are such strong advocates for humanities education.
