Why Study English and History in a Poor Economy?

Posted on June 8, 2010 in Philosophy by InnerEd  Tagged , , , , , ,

The New York Times’s David Brooks has a column out arguing the importance of  humanities majors in a down economy  [see: "History for Dollars"].  Brooks argues that traditional humanities majors, English, history, art, etc. will get the short end of the stick in both. I’d show it to my students if I’d thought they’d appreciate [...]

Fish on Books

Posted on February 10, 2009 in General by InnerEd  Tagged , , , ,

I found a good article by Stanley Fish on the role of humanities in teaching at the New York Times.  I really enjoy his points about how English people need to talk about their discipline, though his conclusions are a tad impractical.  I am blessed to have gone to a college that still values the [...]