For Higher Education Administrators
How do courses in history support a robust curriculum and coherent student pathways? How does studying history prepare students for future success in other courses and in their careers? If you're a higher education administrator curious about the value of studying history, this page has resources selected especially for you.
What is the value of a History degree?
For success in the rest of college:
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2016 History Discipline Core
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Role of history in two-year/community colleges
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Role of history in four-year private universities
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Role of history in four-year public universities
For future careers:
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History is Not a Useless Major
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What Can You Do with That History Degree?
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What Employers Want: Thoughts from a History BA in Business
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The History Major: Opening Doors to Life in a Global Economy
For future civic life:
Why Study History?
Interested in learning more? Check out the AHA's "Why Study History?" page.
Careers for History Majors Booklet
Through clear graphs and informal prose, readers will find hard data, practical advice, and answers to common questions about the study of history and the value it affords to individuals, their workplaces, and their communities in this new booklet from the AHA.
You can purchase this booklet online at Oxford University Press. For questions about the booklet, please contact Karen Lou (klou@historians.org). For bulk orders contact OUP directly.
External Resources
A list of tools, essays, and editorials from other organizations and individuals that can help advocate for history and the humanities.