{"product_id":"a-new-deal-for-the-humanities-liberal-arts-and-the-future-of-public-higher-education-9780813573243","title":"A New Deal for the Humanities: Liberal Arts and the Future of Public Higher Education","description":"Many in higher education fear that the humanities are facing a crisis. But even if the rhetoric about \"crisis\" is overblown, humanities departments do face increasing pressure from administrators, politicians, parents, and students. In \u003ci\u003eA New Deal for the Humanities, \u003c\/i\u003eGordon Hutner and Feisal G. Mohamed bring together twelve prominent scholars who address the history, the present state, and the future direction of the humanities. These scholars keep the focus on \u003ci\u003epublic\u003c\/i\u003e higher education, for it is in our state schools that the liberal arts are taught to the greatest numbers and where their neglect would be most damaging for the nation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The contributors offer spirited and thought-provoking debates on a diverse range of topics. For instance, they deplore the push by administrations to narrow learning into quantifiable outcomes as well as the demands of state governments for more practical, usable training. Indeed, for those who suggest that a college education should be \"practical\"--that it should lean toward the sciences and engineering, where the high-paying jobs are--this book points out that while a few nations produce as many technicians as the United States does, America is still renowned worldwide for its innovation and creativity, skills taught most effectively in the humanities. Most importantly, the essays in this collection examine ways to make the humanities even more effective, such as offering a broader array of options than the traditional major\/minor scheme, options that combine a student's professional and intellectual interests, like the new medical humanities programs. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A democracy can only be as energetic as the minds of its citizens, and the questions fundamental to the humanities are also fundamental to a thoughtful life. \u003ci\u003eA New Deal for the Humanities\u003c\/i\u003e takes an intrepid step in making the humanities--and our citizens--even stronger in the future. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gordon Hutner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rutgers University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/11\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 210\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.99lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813573243\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGORDON HUTNER is a professor of English at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is the author of several books, including \u003ci\u003eWhat America Read: Taste, Class, and the Novel, 1920-1960.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e FEISAL G. MOHAMED is a professor of English at the CUNY Graduate Center in New York. A past president of the Milton Society of America, his latest book is \u003ci\u003eMilton and the Post-Secular Present: Ethics, Politics, Terrorism\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40180660928627,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":114.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_9a2a5943-3b69-4074-86fa-cf1eae202206.jpg?v=1655471533","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/a-new-deal-for-the-humanities-liberal-arts-and-the-future-of-public-higher-education-9780813573243","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}