Director, @AmericanAcad's humanities, arts, and culture programs; Humanities Indicators (bit.ly/1vcZlh4); and D.C. office. Quotes and RTs ≠ opinions.
Joined May 2009
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New: "#Humanities departments that are succeeding are able to do so by diversifying their faculty and curricula, emphasizing community engagement and programmatic interdisciplinarity, and providing financial incentives—using a “show, don’t tell” approach" bit.ly/4ffKZat
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"If we make AI the enemy, then surely it must become one. Sustaining the tension between AI and humanity, the leveraging of opposites in pursuit of the common good, must prevail. Our students are up to the task if we show them how." bit.ly/4vMBqoz
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“History cannot be faithfully told while excluding the experiences of communities whose contributions, struggles, and achievements form an important part of our Nation’s story... And telling the full truths of our shared story helps our Nation heal” bit.ly/4opND09
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"With AI doing the hardcore technical work, other skill sets may be increasingly more valuable." bit.ly/4uxbLPO
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I appreciate anyone who wants to use our research, but if you want to say we got it wrong, bring some facts and not just empty broad brush generalizations: bit.ly/4xwEfvU
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"As chair of the new applied humanities department, history professor Sara Hart spent last spring and summer researching how to align the new major and its focus areas in health, technology and social responsibility with workforce needs." bit.ly/4xG2p7c
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I have not met someone whose students are reading more than when they started, but if this is you, please get in touch! I would love to hear what you are doing.
Maybe we should all be talking to the teachers whose students are reading more than ever, to figure out what to change!
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"The new BA in global citizenship is a game changer, a humanities degree for today... The BA prepares students to engage thoughtfully and ethically with an interconnected world while building a successful career." bit.ly/4vOsX4o
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"In our analysis of how AI presents historical information, systematic problems were found, such as fabricated content, chronological distortions, bias through data prevalence, and language manipulation vulnerabilities." bit.ly/4fHqZhk
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“what I am seeing in my classroom is no longer a hunch. There is a measurable, generational collapse in sustained #reading and writing, and the academy is responding to it with improvisation and exhaustion rather than the structural overhaul it requires.” bit.ly/4aIeONM
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"I've taught a college course on AI's effect on society and, with due deference to those eggheads at Microsoft, they are missing the point. A background in history or English is excellent, perhaps unsurpassed, preparation for the Age of AI." bit.ly/4unhebH
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“We are now reaching a crisis point where if the number (of pages) goes down further, it’s unclear to me whether my discipline of #history can really be taught” bit.ly/4efExya
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"Some humanistic disciplines take matters of value and meaning as a central focus; others aim to describe and explain the human world without pronouncing judgment; but all play an indispensable role in refining our conception of what is possible" bit.ly/4vyfk9c
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"The belief that every field in the humanities is secretly controlled by social justice warriors has always been a false conspiracy theory, but to make these fantastical claims during the middle of a war against the humanities is particularly dangerous" bit.ly/4fBZ42j
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"Of course, it’s important to think critically about career outcomes, but we also need to be honest about where our assumptions about “usefulness” come from." bit.ly/4ecm9X8
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"Within this widespread adoption of artificial intelligence... it is used by at least half of all students, except #humanities and natural sciences majors" bit.ly/3RWKM2t
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"For those of you afraid of taking a different path in college, or even in life, I encourage you to take that leap. You don’t have to lose yourself in the process — you might just find a more complete version." bit.ly/3QdNEr7
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“Most studies find that history majors do quite well in the marketplace, but the message has not reached parents who are paying high tuition costs...College has become a place to gain specialized skills that lead to a specific job upon graduation.” bit.ly/4e8VhXI
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"AI may be able to reproduce an essay, but it cannot replicate the intricacy of back-and-forth deliberation that goes into essay writing. Indeed, this is how the muscle memory of healthy scepticism is cultivated." bit.ly/4ohYTvo
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“In a world where we’ve got misinformation, disinformation, and generative AI giving us images that never existed, perhaps it is analytical intelligence that is the most important skill a liberal arts education can provide... a different AI” bit.ly/4vxqtqP
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"Amodei said the humanities sharpen critical thinking skills, which help in designing and governing AI systems, and hiring at Anthropic has already reflected a shift toward the humanities." bit.ly/4uSXQEv
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