Director, @AmericanAcad's humanities, arts, and culture programs; Humanities Indicators (https://xitter.cf/t.co/oskRdC7YrU); and D.C. office. Quotes and RTs ≠ opinions.
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Rob Townsend (also @rbtownsend.bsky.social) retweeted
AI can summarize sources and spot patterns, but it can also miss irony and draw false conclusions. In this opinion essay, a humanities leader argues that faculty should help students learn both the tools’ uses and their limits — rather than pretend they do not exist. chroni.cl/4dnBXGE
Rob Townsend (also @rbtownsend.bsky.social) retweeted
The @americanacad has released the results of a new humanities department survey, including a specific report on philosophy departments: amacad.org/humanities-indica…
Rob Townsend (also @rbtownsend.bsky.social) retweeted
The state of play (#Humanities Indicators) humanitieswatch.org/2025/04/… @rbthisted @jaitly @NEH_Education @NEHgov @NatlHumanities @HumanitiesAll
Rob Townsend (also @rbtownsend.bsky.social) retweeted
On Thursday we will release results from our latest survey of humanities departments. Sign up now for an email alert about the release (at formstack.io/A7882) and a free print copy of the report (at forms.gle/oRoY3BN7VZYQC72N6).
Rob Townsend (also @rbtownsend.bsky.social) retweeted
Brutal: “The National Endowment for the Humanities, which supports museums, scholarship and historical sites, could see grants curtailed and staffing slashed by up to 80 percent.” bit.ly/3EfIPrg
Rob Townsend (also @rbtownsend.bsky.social) retweeted
"To jump start the Center for Humanities Communication (CHC) in creating training and resources... the Mellon Foundation has awarded the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) a grant of $150,000 to help launch the recently formed CHC." bit.ly/42OhxlY
Rob Townsend (also @rbtownsend.bsky.social) retweeted
"Tracking the Health of the #Humanities at #HBCUs" –
report by @americanacad,
in
diverseeducation.com/institu…
"...I can't begin to stress how important the humanities are to liberation and freedom....societal issues...."
(@marybethgasman)
#highereducation #highered #HBCU
@rbthisted
Rob Townsend (also @rbtownsend.bsky.social) retweeted
The present humanities in a global scope (World Humanities Report) humanitieswatch.org/2024/10/… @rbthisted @NEHgov @jaitly #humanities
Rob Townsend (also @rbtownsend.bsky.social) retweeted
What do humanists need to know about current and developing trends? Robert Townsend (@rbthisted)
from @americanacad will discuss the latest from the Humanities Indicators project.
➡ Join @HRIatIllinois on Zoom 💻
📆 Oct.22 4:00 PM
🔗 Link to register: go.illinois.edu/indicators
Rob Townsend (also @rbtownsend.bsky.social) retweeted
The National Humanities Center will offer up to 40 residential fellowships for advanced study in the #humanities for the 2025-26 academic year. Please help us spread the word. The deadline to apply is October 3, 2024. bit.ly/nhc-scholarly-program…
Rob Townsend (also @rbtownsend.bsky.social) retweeted
This.
We should all know this.
Too bad U.S. history departments sold off constitutional history to Poli Sci and Law schools.
Rob Townsend (also @rbtownsend.bsky.social) retweeted
"arts and humanities graduates often take longer to settle upon a career path, precisely because so many options are open to them." bit.ly/3xHtOLC
Rob Townsend (also @rbtownsend.bsky.social) retweeted
For most humanities disciplines, the number of colleges and universities that awarded a degree rose modestly from the late-1990s to the mid-2010s, but then fell in almost every year up to 2022. My visualization at bit.ly/4bKyjE7.
Rob Townsend (also @rbtownsend.bsky.social) retweeted
"'We have more and more conviction that we need people who majored in history, in English, and things that have nothing to do with finance or technology,' said Goldstein of BlackRock’s new hiring strategy." bit.ly/4dKzvsm
Rob Townsend (also @rbtownsend.bsky.social) retweeted
ALT No Right to an Honest Living: The Struggles of Boston’s Black Workers in the Civil War Era (by Jacqueline Jones) has received the 2024 Pulitzer Prize in History.
Rob Townsend (also @rbtownsend.bsky.social) retweeted
The recently released ADE Report of English Majors’ Career Preparation and Outcomes, which is featured in this IHE article, can be downloaded here: maps.mla.org/Resources/Repor…
"While the data points to prosperous, thriving lives that English majors can hold after graduation, it is the responsibility of the department to help students navigate their early stage of careers and help them understand typical career trajectories" bit.ly/4ayIxGV
Rob Townsend (also @rbtownsend.bsky.social) retweeted
"To be scheduled in fall 2024, the 'Humanities Communication Convening'... will focus on helping the #humanities learn... how to develop robust, structured, and professionally recognized training and resources for 'humanities communicators.'" bit.ly/4axoRTw
Rob Townsend (also @rbtownsend.bsky.social) retweeted
Tell the US government to let students choose to major in the humanities! (Are there analogous problems in Canada? I genuinely don't know)
"Considering the moral quality of pursuing a humanities degree is important, but it is also a privileged deliberation that is...secondary to one’s physical security in a nation — especially when its policies clearly indicate a preference to STEM pursuits." bit.ly/3VnvbJ0
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“if the field is going to turn around the recent decline in majors, we need to offer better answers on the careers question, and this report is a masterful effort... This is urgently needed in English and across the humanities.” bit.ly/3VjswzS
