The Washington Post recently published a couple of articles both for and against the need for more humanities majors. You can judge the arguments for yourself, but I am pretty sure I know where the majority of us in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies come down on this issue. A thanks to Dr. Mower for these finds:
Pro
“We Need More Humanities Majors”
By Christian Madsbjerg and Mikkel B. Rasmussen
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“We Don’t Need More Humanities Majors”
By Edward Conard