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    Nicholas Goldberg: Where have all the English majors gone?

    It's not exactly news that the humanities are in decline and college students are turning toward skills-based and career-focused fields of study. In fact, 2021 was the ninth straight year, according to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, that the number of students graduating with a major in the humanities has fallen. According to federal data, the number of English majors dropped by a ...
    by Nicholas Goldberg, Los Angeles Times Oct 25, 2022 3 minutes
    Graduating students wait for the start of New York University's commencement ceremony for the class of 2022 at Yankee Stadium in New York City on May 18, 2022.

    It's not exactly news that the humanities are in decline and college students are turning toward skills-based and career-focused fields of study.

    In fact, 2021 was the ninth straight year, according to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, that the number of students graduating with a major in the humanities has fallen. According to federal data, the number of English majors dropped by a third from 2011 to 2021, and students majoring in religion, area studies and history fell even more.

    Academic fields such as anthropology, sociology and philosophy are also shrinking.

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