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Enrollment and financial crises threaten growing list of academic disciplines

The Hechinger Report

These have included anthropology, philosophy, languages, art, theater, music and women’s and African American studies. Any time they see an opportunity to attack particularly the humanities and the social sciences, that’s what they’ll go after.”. Rudy Fichtenbaum, president, American Association of University Professors.

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Deception as Investment: How to Make Digital Ponzi Schemes in China

Anthropology News

In the dim light of a Monday morning in August 2018, Meng, a 33-year-old woman living near Beijing, began her day with a sense of urgency. I conducted fieldwork among Chinese middle-class investors from 2018 to 2021, precisely during the period marked by the industry’s decline, to capture people’s shifting perception of their financial lives.

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Leonard B. Glick

Anthropology News

In 1957 Len left medicine for a field that interested him far more, beginning the study of anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania and getting his PhD in 1963. In 1972 he left to join the faculty of the two-year-old Hampshire College as full professor and dean of social sciences.

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Colleges rebrand humanities majors as job-friendly 

The Hechinger Report

Credit: Mason Kumet for The Hechinger Report The number of undergraduates majoring in the humanities at the University of Arizona has increased 76 percent since 2018, when it introduced a bachelors degree in applied humanities that connects the humanities with programs in business, engineering, medicine and other fields.

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Elevating Social Studies with High-Quality Instructional Materials

TCI

Social studies is more than just a subject—it provides the foundation for understanding and engaging with the world around us. According to the National Council for Social Studies (NCSS) , social studies is the integrated study of social sciences and humanities to promote civic competence.