{"id":2515,"date":"2013-08-02T11:46:07","date_gmt":"2013-08-02T16:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"This past March, the\u00a0Times Higher Education<\/em> published an article addressing the place of the humanities in higher education. \u00a0Some politicians are beginning to question whether tax dollars should be spent on humanities departments in public unive"},"modified":"2013-08-05T09:03:04","modified_gmt":"2013-08-05T14:03:04","slug":"historians-fight-back","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/cornerstonef13\/spotlight-schedule\/perspectives-from-the-humanities\/historians-fight-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Historians Fight Back"},"content":{"rendered":"

This past March, the\u00a0Times Higher Education<\/em> published an article addressing the place of the humanities in higher education. \u00a0Some politicians are beginning to question whether tax dollars should be spent on humanities departments in public universities, and scholars in those fields are responding.<\/p>\n

You can read the article, “US Historians Defend Their Discipline,” at the Times Higher Education\u00a0<\/em>website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Liberty-History-Department\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Discussion Questions:<\/h3>\n
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  1. Consider Governor Scott’s comment: “Is it a vital interest of the state to have more anthropologists? I don\u2019t think so.\u201d \u00a0How would you respond?<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. The article cites a statistic that 88% of college freshmen indicate that “getting a better job” is the top reason they are attending college. \u00a0What are your top three reasons for going to college? \u00a0What is the purpose of a university? \u00a0To produce workers? \u00a0Something else?<\/li>\n
  3. Respond to the provocative statement from\u00a0Anthony Carnevale, director of the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce:\u00a0\u201cThe rich get education and the poor get training.” \u00a0What role do (or should) universities play when it comes to class divisions in our country?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Join the Conversation<\/em><\/h3>\n

    We welcome comments on this or other related topics on the main Spotlight page<\/p>\n

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    Return to Kelly and Jeremy Elliott’s Spotlight page<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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