The Crisis in the Humanities Is Not About Money 53.1%
Quillette - By Abraham Wyner - 6/26/2026, 12:45 AM
Appeal to Authority 36.3% - Recency Bias 34.2% - Hasty Generalization 32.9%
Did the humanities go woke<em> because</em> they went broke? That scenario has become one of the more persuasive explanations for the present crisis in the humanities. As their enrolments declined and federal funding shrank, and universities began sending money (and, thus, prestige) toward STEM and professional programs, the... more