Ben, Its not just humanities departments,e.g. most universities have already combined their Physics and Astronomy departments.
Steve =============== On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 3:40 PM, Ben Goertzel <[email protected]> wrote: > 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/303/10443978-6f4c28ac > Modify Your Subscription: > https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com > -- Full employment can be had with the stoke of a pen. Simply institute a six hour workday. That will easily create enough new jobs to bring back full employment. ------------------------------------------- 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
