{"656971":{"#nid":"656971","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Utz Argues Integration of Humanities and STEM in Response to Article \u2018The Humanities Need Gen Ed\u2019","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERichard Utz, professor of medievalism studies in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.lmc.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Literature, Media, and Communication\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and associate dean for faculty development in Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts,\u0026nbsp;authored an op-ed published by Inside Higher Ed titled \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/views\/2022\/03\/30\/humanities-thrive-stem-focused-universities-opinion?fbclid=IwAR0sSsJ3_-wr1ZC4zxVsTLSDmlilTsf4cuORTmBWoj6JKcHONaXE9IBpN4g\u0022\u003E\u0026ldquo;Integrating STEM and the Humanities.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/a\u003E \u0026nbsp;The op-ed is in response to the opinion piece \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/views\/2022\/03\/21\/would-be-humanities-majors-want-canonical-courses-opinion\u0022\u003E\u0026ldquo;The Humanities Need Gen Ed\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/a\u003E written by Mark Bauerlein, emeritus professor of English at Emory University and an editor at\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EFirst Things\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;magazine, which Inside Higher Ed published on March 21, 2022.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn Bauerlein\u0026rsquo;s article, he argues that the decline of \u0026ldquo;canonical works and grand narratives\u0026rdquo; taught in humanities classrooms has caused the decline in students majoring in humanities subjects. He cites that the rate of students majoring in English fell below 2\u0026nbsp;percent in 2019, versus the popularity of the major in 1970, when English constituted nearly 8 percent of four-year degrees. His call to action \u0026mdash; \u0026ldquo;make the humanities great again\u0026rdquo; \u0026mdash; suggests returning \u0026ldquo;masterpieces\u0026rdquo; and \u0026ldquo;strokes of genius\u0026rdquo; to humanities classrooms in place of \u0026ldquo;thinking skills\u0026rdquo; or abstract issues which are now more commonly taught.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn his response, Utz counters Bauerlein with four main points: healthy enrollment, collaborative atmosphere, external funding, and a new collaborative model.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EUtz concedes that enrollment numbers in traditional humanities majors has declined but says he has observed an encouraging mentality among his students. Out of 35 students in his Fall 2021 \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/oscar.gatech.edu\/bprod\/bwckctlg.p_disp_course_detail?cat_term_in=201608\u0026amp;subj_code_in=LMC\u0026amp;crse_numb_in=2000\u0022\u003EIntro to LMC\u003C\/a\u003E course, two-thirds indicated they had chosen a humanities program at a technological university because they felt \u0026ldquo;an intentional integration of the humanities with STEM disciplines would be to their advantage.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EUtz also highlights cross-unit and cross-college partnership on research, as well as internship and co-op experiences, lab culture, and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.vip.gatech.edu\/teams\/vwh\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Evertically integrated programs\u003C\/a\u003E, to show the collaborative atmosphere already in place in many humanities programs and at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe \u0026ldquo;new collaborative model\u0026rdquo; Utz presents is based on findings by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Their 2018 consensus report \u0026ldquo;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nap.edu\/catalog\/24988\/the-integration-of-the-humanities-and-arts-with-sciences-engineering-and-medicine-in-higher-education\u0022\u003EBranches From the Same Tree\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026rdquo; established that programs with integrated learning experiences in the humanities and arts with science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine were linked to positive learning outcomes. Based on these findings, the National Academies have recommended future interdisciplinary integration at the level of individual courses, certificates, and entire degree programs.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EInterdisciplinary collaboration also expands external funding options, Utz writes.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;In an increasingly technological world, human-centered paradigms and creativity should not remain siloed based on the demarcations developed to satisfy the knowledge economy of the late 19th century,\u0026rdquo; Utz concludes. \u0026ldquo;They should also not be artificially sustained at a mere surface level in general education requirements developed in the wake of the two world wars. Instead, they deserve to accompany and shape new educational technology, work in concert with STEM disciplines, and communicate and forcefully affirm their relevance and value as part of a newly holistic educational experience.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EUtz\u0026rsquo;s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/views\/2022\/03\/30\/humanities-thrive-stem-focused-universities-opinion?fbclid=IwAR0sSsJ3_-wr1ZC4zxVsTLSDmlilTsf4cuORTmBWoj6JKcHONaXE9IBpN4g\u0022\u003Eresponse\u003C\/a\u003E and Bauerlein\u0026rsquo;s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/views\/2022\/03\/21\/would-be-humanities-majors-want-canonical-courses-opinion\u0022\u003Eoriginal article\u003C\/a\u003E are both available on Inside Higher Ed.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The op-ed is in response to the opinion piece \u201cThe Humanities Need Gen Ed\u201d written by Mark Bauerlein, emeritus professor of English at Emory University."}],"uid":"36009","created_gmt":"2022-04-04 16:19:31","changed_gmt":"2022-04-04 17:07:11","author":"cwhittle9","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2022-04-04T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2022-04-04T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"648862":{"id":"648862","type":"image","title":"Richard Utz, Ivan Allen College ","body":null,"created":"1626699060","gmt_created":"2021-07-19 12:51:00","changed":"1626699060","gmt_changed":"2021-07-19 12:51:00","alt":"Richard Utz","file":{"fid":"246315","name":"Richard Utz.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Richard%20Utz.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Richard%20Utz.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":19579,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Richard%20Utz.jpeg?itok=kVkgh0dd"}}},"media_ids":["648862"],"groups":[{"id":"1283","name":"School of Literature, Media, and Communication"},{"id":"648414","name":"_OLD: Ivan Allen College \u0022The Buzz\u0022"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"33431","name":"Richard Utz"},{"id":"170637","name":"Inside Higher Ed"},{"id":"167258","name":"STEM"},{"id":"950","name":"liberal arts"},{"id":"29441","name":"General Education"},{"id":"43821","name":"Pedagogy"},{"id":"1616","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECassidy Chreene Whittle\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nCommunications Officer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nSchool of Literature, Media, and Communication | School of Modern Languages\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:cwhittle9@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ecwhittle9@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}