The world is increasingly scientific and technological, and college students are overwhelmingly choosing STEM majors to the detriment of liberal arts. Colleges around the country are closing down their departments of philosophy, foreign languages, or music as a result. Contrary to those trends, this week's blog post looks at our continuing need for the humanities in a high-tech world: https://sites.google.com/view/two-minds/blog
Here is another post on a teaching topic. For my first blog post of the new year, I present an argument about how professors should think about students’ use of artificial intelligence - not as plagiarism or cheating, but as an assistive technology that helps to structure thoughts. I argue that AI is simply a tool, and there is an appropriate way to use it! https://sites.google.com/view/two-minds/blog
Keeping the humanities out of science may be bad for science
Many contemporary scientists agree: humanities perspectives enhance scientific methods, providing contextualization for scientific discoveries and technological advancements, enabling scholars to consider the deep contextual layers that shape scientific inquiry across varied applications. So why do STEM agencies not consider humanists in funding?
https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20250402085043651
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