tag: American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Last year, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences engaged Ithaka S+R to conduct research on the state of the humanities in higher education. My colleagues Chelsea McCracken and Claire Baytaş led a series of focus groups with humanities department chairs to learn how they are adapting to the current climate of retrenchment and technological change. These focus groups yielded information about the perceived value of the humanities, efforts to promote student enrollment, the implications of AI for humanities teaching,…