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Brian Rosenberg on How the Humanities End—and Might Be Saved with Brendan Boyle
What is the value of a humanities education, especially for historically underserved students? What is the place of the humanities in American higher education? Beginning with a discussion of Louis Menand's essay, "What's So Great About Great-Books Courses?" (The New Yorker, Dec. 2021) and Brian Rosenberg's response ("This Is the Way the Humanities End," Chronicle of Higher Education, Jan. 2022), Boyle and Rosenberg's conversation explores tensions between the research and education missions of the modern university, the role of the humanities teacher, what's at stake in how we think about the purpose of general education, and more.
Links:
- Louis Menand, "What's So Great About Great-Books Courses?"
- Brian Rosenberg, "This Is the Way the Humanities End"
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What is the value of a humanities education, especially for historically underserved students? What is the place of the humanities in American higher education? Beginning with a discussion of Louis Menand's essay, "What's So Great About Great-Books Courses?" (The New Yorker, Dec. 2021) and Brian Rosenberg's response ("This Is the Way the Humanities End," Chronicle of Higher Education, Jan. 2022), Boyle and Rosenberg's conversation explores tensions between the research and education missions of the modern university, the role of the humanities teacher, what's at stake in how we think about the purpose of general education, and more.
Links:
- Louis Menand, "What's So Great About Great-Books Courses?"
- Brian Rosenberg, "This Is the Way the Humanities End"