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“Humanities Remain Popular Among Students Even as Tenure-Track Jobs Diminish”

March 1, 2010

The results of an important new cross-disciplinary survey of humanities departments make it clear that the humanities remain popular with students and central to the core mission of many institutions. They also confirm that the teaching of English, foreign languages, and other humanistic subjects has become more vulnerable at American colleges and universities.

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