Why the Humanities Matter Today: In Defense of Liberal Education

by Kristopher G. Phillips

Book Overview

The humanities in American higher education is in a state of crisis with declining student enrollment, fewer faculty positions, and diminishing public prestige. Instead of recycling old arguments that have lost their appeal, the humanities must discover and articulate new rationales for their value to students, faculty, administrators, and the public. Why the Humanities Matter Today: In Defense of Liberal Education is an attempt to do so by having...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1498538622
• ISBN13: 9781498538626
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 166 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"