Commentary
In February 2023, The New Yorker published an account of the plummeting enrollment numbers in university humanities programs.
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Reclaiming the Humanities: Education Beyond Career Training
The humanities are vanishing because we no longer understand what they’re for.
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Walker Larson
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Prior to becoming a freelance journalist and culture writer, Walker Larson taught literature and history at a private academy in Wisconsin, where he resides with his wife and daughter. He holds a master's in English literature and language, and his writing has appeared in The Hemingway Review, Intellectual Takeout, and his Substack, The Hazelnut. He is also the author of two novels, "Hologram" and "Song of Spheres."
