Yes, because there are few students who want to study those (humanities) disciplines anymore, as more and more students view university as practical career preparation rather than mind-broadening liberal education.... Some universities are even shutting down or consolidating those departments...
On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 6:35 PM, Mike Tintner <[email protected]> wrote: > Ah ha.. well philosophy has always been poorly paid - here too. So perhaps > it's more the humanities and allied disciplines that are paying terribly? > > -----Original Message----- From: Ben Goertzel > Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 11:29 PM > To: AGI > Subject: Re: [agi] Hwo tough in US academe? > > > US science and engineering academia is doing pretty well, I think. > US academic disciplines like anthropology and philosophy are doing > poorly, as this article points out. Whether this is problematic or > not, depends on your perspective... > > -- Ben G > > On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 5:55 PM, Mike Tintner <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> This article published in Al Jazeera - where else? -makes it sound v. >> tough: >> >> The closing of American academia >> http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/08/2012820102749246453.html >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------- >> AGI >> Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now >> RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/212726-11ac2389 >> Modify Your Subscription: >> https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; >> >> Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com > > > > > -- > Ben Goertzel, PhD > http://goertzel.org > > "My humanity is a constant self-overcoming" -- Friedrich Nietzsche > > > ------------------------------------------- > AGI > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now > RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/6952829-59a2eca5 > Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com > > > ------------------------------------------- > AGI > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now > RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/212726-11ac2389 > Modify Your Subscription: > https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com -- Ben Goertzel, PhD http://goertzel.org "My humanity is a constant self-overcoming" -- Friedrich Nietzsche ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-c97d2393 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-2484a968 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
