Are the Humanities in Crisis?

Feb. 20, 2020
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Are fewer students signing up to study the humanities, and are the humanities in crisis? We hear the answer to those questions from Neal A. Lester, a foundation professor of English and founding director of Project Humanities at Arizona State University.

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Neal A. Lester

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