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    Are the Humanities in Crisis?

    Half as many college students major in humanities as did 50 years ago. What's at stake when higher education becomes more career focused and fewer study the humanities?

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    KCRW placeholderBy Barbara Bogaev • Dec 27, 2013 • 1h 0m Listen

    Half as many college students major in the humanities as did 50 years ago. Is this cause for concern? What's college for? Guest host Barbara Bogaev looks at what's at stake when higher education becomes more career focused and fewer students study the humanities. Also, a new court decision calls NSA surveillance legal, and more men on the job are taking advantage of paternity leave. It turns out the time off for men can have far-reaching benefits for women, including helping to close the gender pay gap and shatter the glass ceiling.

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      Barbara Bogaev

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