Or any historians! The history departments I've been in haven't had catastrophic enrollment problems, even for non-military classes. Even when both university and political leaders pound the 'all STEM, all the time' culture drum continually. https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/1356316520973033473 …
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But every year I see universities announcing plans to cut humanities departments with good enrollments on the excuse that they have poor numbers of majors, which is just..very dumb? History classes are *cheap* to run, but students pay the same for them.
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Consider the perversity of the situation. My classes fill. Every class I've taught since I graduated has been 80+% of capacity. All I need is a room, a projector and some chairs. I am dirt cheap - and I will put butts in seats and tuition dollars in the bursar's office.
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So where's my job? What university is going to take me up on the offer? Oh right, they blew the money on non-teaching related costs: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/08/why-state-universities-have-no-other-choice-but-to-reopen/615565/ … And so there is no job for me or bunches and bunches of other history PhDs who are just as good.
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So they cut my course, add more offerings in science (which are important! But *really expensive* to offer - colleges can lose money offering STEM courses) and wonder why that doesn't solve their budget crunch.
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But hey, there's 'no demand for history' sure thing, boss. No demand at all. That's absolutely why I can self-fund my research with the most shoe-string garbage Patreon on the internet (by the way, support me on Patreon!)
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3) There were unsustainably too many new History PhD's anyways (if only considering academic track, I know Major vs. Grad is different), so maybe current major enrollment is good? (Not sure about history for K-12 education, if that is a history or education major)pic.twitter.com/vyNefJZ0oS
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Even assuming a "STEM-focused university", what about making sure that everyone understands context about history of science and medicine?
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Inaccurate assumptions which are strongly driven by the “all STEM, all the time” people, which is just maddening
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