A recent report from the American Academy of Arts and Sciences refutes the claim that Humanities graduates are miserable and unemployed. This report is based on data from the Gallup-Purdue index, which measures satisfaction and well-being, in addition to earnings.

Some takeaways:

“Despite the uncertainty about the connection between their degree and their job, humanities graduates reported job satisfaction at levels comparable to graduates from almost every other fieeld.”

“Experience in the workforce appeared to play an important role in measures of satisfaction with the work humanities graduates perform.”

“In the oldest cohort, humanities graduates were near the highest levels of reported satisfaction on this measure [‘At work, I have the opportunity to do what I do best every day’].”

The is a lot of valuable information in this report, and in the index, that can help us better serve our humanities majors.

The recent student protests on campus have created a sense of urgency around diversity at Seton Hall and, more specifically, the new college core diversity requirement in the College of Arts and Sciences.

For those who have not been following this issue closely for the last few years, the Atlantic has a good cheat sheet. I also recommend this article in the Chronicle about how Evergreen State, one of the most progressive universities in the US, has struggled to accommodate both academic freedom and student demands. Finally, this short piece from CCAS (the national association of Colleges of Arts and Sciences) proposes some common sense solutions.

Oh yes: and this is Black History Month. Here is a schedule for SHU events:

I recently acquired these books which belonged to my Grandfather:

• Poirier, A World Elsewhere
• J. Donat, SJ, Critica
• J. Donat, SJ, Logica
• Pelikan, The Riddle of Roman Catholicism (claimed)
• Coles, The War of 1812
• Poirier, The Advent of the Labour Party
• Cutten, Speaking with Tongues
• Spirital Exercises (claimed)
• Wilson, Scrolls from the Dean Sea
• Fortescue and O’Connell, The Ceremonies of the Roman Rite Described (claimed)
• Teillard de Chardin, Le Milieu Divin
• Miller, The Power and Secret of the Jesuits
• Dupont-Sommer, The Essene Writing from Qumram
• Denzinger, Enchridion Sybolorum
• Allegro, The Dead Sea Scrolls
• Gaster (translator), The Dead Sea Scrolls
• Gaster (translator), The Dead Sea Scriptures
• Bruce, Biblical Exegesis in the Qumran Texts
• Roberts, The Grown of Responsible Government in Stuart England

First come, first served!