{"id":34,"date":"2014-08-13T15:01:51","date_gmt":"2014-08-13T15:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/human\/?page_id=34"},"modified":"2022-07-05T19:38:44","modified_gmt":"2022-07-05T19:38:44","slug":"humanities-matter","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/humanities\/humanities-matter\/","title":{"rendered":"Humanities Matter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"lead-in\">&#8220;We are united as humanists by our drive to ask difficult questions about the boundaries and expression of human existence. Our search to answer those questions creates transformational experiences in our lives and pushes us to become more empathetic members of our communities. In the humanities, we play the long game. We don&#8217;t merely train our students to be ready for work. We train our students to be ready for life, and ready for the world.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"h2 wp-block-heading\">Why the Humanities are Cost Effective<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"default\">One 2017 study found that the fastest-growing jobs in the US in the last 30 years have almost all specifically required a high level of social skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"uwm-c-list--border wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/09\/20\/business\/liberal-arts-stem-salaries.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">In the Salary Race, Engineers Sprtin but English Majors Endure (NY Times, 2019)<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/capital\/story\/20190401-why-worthless-humanities-degrees-may-set-you-up-for-life\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Why &#8216;worthless&#8217; humanities degrees may set you up for life (BBC, 2019)<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seattletimes.com\/education-lab\/report-busts-myth-of-unemployable-humanities-grads\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Report busts myth of unemployable humanities grads (Seattle Times, 2018)<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chronicle.com\/article\/Over-Time-Humanities-Grads\/242461\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Over Time, Humanities Grads Close Pay Gap With Professional Peers (The Chronicle of Higher Education, 2018)<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/news\/2018\/02\/07\/study-finds-humanities-majors-land-jobs-and-are-happy-them\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Shocker: Humanities Grads Gainfully Employed and Happy (Inside Higher Ed, 2018)<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why the Humanities are Good for the Job Market<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"default\">Research shows that exposure to the humanities is linked to higher empathy and emotional intelligence among trainee doctors. Still, we keep still hearing the same question from parents and even from humanities students themselves: \u201cWhat can you do with a humanities degree?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"uwm-c-list--border wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/hbr.org\/2019\/09\/yes-employers-do-value-liberal-arts-degrees?ab=hero-subleft-2\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Yes, Employers Do Value Liberal Arts Degrees (Harvard Business Review, 2019)<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/agenda\/2018\/06\/how-a-humanities-degree-will-serve-you-in-a-disruptive-economy\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The humanities are becoming more important. Here\u2019s why (World Economic Forum, 2018)<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/hbr.org\/2017\/07\/liberal-arts-in-the-data-age\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Liberal Arts in the Data Age (Harvard Business Review, 2017)<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/robertamatuson\/2015\/01\/22\/liberal-arts-graduates-the-future-of-the-workplace\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Liberal Arts Graduates: The Future Of The Workplace (Forbes, 2015)<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ah21cw.com\/2015\/02\/the-impact-of-the-arts-and-humanities-on-americas-future-workforce\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Impact of the Arts and Humanities on America\u2019s Future Workforce (Arts and Humanities in the 21st Century WorkForce, 2015)<\/a>)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How the Humanities Benefit Society<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"default\">Through studying the humanities, one has the opportunity to get to know oneself and others better, the opportunity to become better able to understand and grapple with complex moral issues, the complexities and intricacies of humanity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"uwm-c-list--border wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/answer-sheet\/wp\/2017\/10\/18\/why-we-still-need-to-study-the-humanities-in-a-stem-world\/?noredirect=on&amp;utm_term=.b7cb7b315d54\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Why we still need to study the humanities in a STEM world (The Washington Post, 2017)<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/entertainment\/archive\/2016\/06\/learning-to-be-human\/489659\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Learning to Be Human (The Atlantic, 2016)<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/05\/03\/opinion\/sunday\/frank-bruni-from-hamlet-to-hillary.html?smprod=nytcore-ipad&amp;smid=nytcore-ipad-share&amp;_r=0\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">From \u2018Hamlet\u2019 to Hillary (NY Times Op-Ed, 2015)<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/04\/16\/opinion\/nicholas-kristof-starving-for-wisdom.html?smprod=nytcore-ipad&amp;smid=nytcore-ipad-share&amp;_r=0\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Starving for Wisdom (NY Times Op-Ed, 2015)<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;We are united as humanists by our drive to ask difficult questions about the boundaries and expression of human existence. 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