The Humanities are where Many Leaders Got There Start
“The humanities are where many future leaders, communicators, scholars, CEOs, storytellers, creatives, directors, writers and entrepreneurs come to get their start. While the disciplines of the humanities themselves are distinct,…
How User Experience is Driving the Hiring of More Liberal Arts Majors
The software company Infosys is hiring Liberal Arts majors. In fact 20-30% of its future workforce are Liberal Arts majors. Why? Because their technology solutions are built on user experiences,…
The Study of Humanities: An Even Bigger “Dividend”
âThe value of humanities-educated individuals is more than the money they make and the goods and services they produce. It is about the problems they help solve … The need…
“Three ‘I’s for improving your doctoral education in the humanities: innovate, inform and internship. “
In “Humanities Departments after the Fall”, Alfredo Cumera, Gilman Research Fellow at Johns Hopkins University, offers graduate students wise advice to expand how they think about their humanities degrees and how graduate programs can support students to expand their…
The Rising Opportunities of a Career in Writing
Despite declining numbers for arts and humanities majors, jobs for writers  (according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics site) are still growing at 2%, but jobs in film producing and editing are expected to grow from 9-11% faster…
Want Your Kids to Have a Secure Future? Invest in a Liberal Arts Education
Itâs no secret that the dynamics surrounding higher education and post-college employment are changing fast these days. The interconnected world we live in is also changing at a quick pace….
What Daniel Pink Thinks About the Importance of the Arts and Humanities
This is the first of a series of interviews with extraordinary people who are using their skills and training as artists and humanists to improve their communities, challenge assumptions, and…
Why Success Depends on Your Ability to Tell Stories
“Elon Musk and Steve Jobs are both known for their seemingly mystical power to distort reality. What gives them this ability isn’t a quirk of a charismatic leader; it’s a…
We Are: Arts and Humanities
Designed by NY6 Student Fellows Haicheng Lin and Terry Tucker
Wanna Become A Cook?: Eat Your Words!
Eat Your Words! is a New York 6 Think Tank Project of Tessa Jane “Flash” Kalinosky, with help from Professor Beck Krefting, Professor Dan Nathan, and Photographer Liv Anderson (and friends who eat the food she make). Tessa…
Whatâs Your Major? Exploring the Arts and Humanities ~ a student-run workshop
This past week, I hosted an event called, âWhatâs Your Major? Exploring the Arts and Humanities.â Originally, I had planned to host an alumni panel event at Union and invite students to come and hear from successful graduates…
Why Climate Change Needs English Majors
“In apparently the first course of its kind, UCSB is offering a class in the English department entitled, The Rhetoric of Climate Change. The course employs traditional tools for literary…
Calling All Writers! A Wave of New Jobs at the Intersection of Human and Artificial Intelligence
As tech behemoths and a wave of start-ups double down on virtual assistants that can chat with human beings, writing for AI is becoming a hot job in Silicon Valley….
Tim O’Reilly: Why Tech Needs the Classics
“Knowing how to code is only one piece of the puzzle. Tim OâReilly writes well â and he knows how to build up a team of capable writers and editors…
Preparing Yourself for an Unpredictable World
“What should you do to prepare yourself for a world that is almost entirely unpredictable? Part of the answer lies in research undertaken by New College of the Humanities. The…
Careers in English that Pay Over 100K
“For those who want to maximize their income, there may be no better place to put those skills to use than in the field of management. The following five management…
“Dance Gets Me Into School”
To the teachers, the parents, the government: expand your definition of what is possible for the children you know. Let them make their own decisions, let them be inspired and…
“Employed Arts & Humanities Majors: They Exist!”
NY6 Think Tank Student Fellow, Emily Wong, speaks to an entire generation through her new blog titled “Pathways to Employment: Employed Arts & Humanities Majors: They Exist!” This is the goal of her blog: “….to quell my own…
The Art World the Millennial Way
Food for Thought: What Does “Service” and “Leadership” Mean to You?
Pursuing a New Perspective in Medicine
The Place of the Smartphone at the Desk and Dinner Table
The Place of the Smartphone at the Desk and Dinner Table