• What Difference Does a Pandemic Make?

  Features

  Julia Brookins | Dec 22, 2021

  New data shows that COVID-19 did not result in an immediate catastrophic drop for history enrollments.
• Has the Decline in History Majors Hit Bottom?

  Features

  Robert B. Townsend | Feb 23, 2021

  Although the total number of students earning BAs in history continues to decline, data from 2018-19 reveal that a slightly...
• History Enrollment Edges Slightly Lower

  Features

  Julia Brookins | Dec 22, 2020

  Undergraduate history enrollment trends continue to range widely, but there have been only small changes to the overall number of...
• Practicing History

  Viewpoints

  Evan Faulkenbury | Oct 20, 2020

  SUNY Cortland decided to require a public history course because of its potential to attract new students, retain majors, and...

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• Why Study History? Revisited

  Peter N. Stearns | Sep 18, 2020

  Two decades after writing a powerful response to the question "why study history," Peter Stearns revisits his answer.
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  Rachel Feinmark | Apr 7, 2020

  From AHA20, here are some tips on marketing the history major.
• History Enrollments Hold Steady as Department Efforts Intensify

  Julia Brookins and Emily Swafford | Jan 15, 2020

  The results of the AHA's annual enrollments survey reflect wider efforts to articulate the value of the humanities.
• On the Recent Executive Order on “Free Inquiry” in Higher Education

  James Grossman and Edward Liebow | May 20, 2019

  Trump’s recent EO is a textbook example of misdirection. Its insistence on “transparency and accountability” points to a pernicious agenda.
• On "The History BA since the Great Recession"

  Liam Matthew Brockey | Feb 11, 2019

  To the Editor:I write in response to “The History BA since the Great Recession,” by Benjamin Schmidt...

 

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