Learning to transform, not only criticize, circumstances is an important part of humanities education.
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To address declining humanities enrolments, these programs should ensure they offer more than critical theory for identifying and analyzing problems.
Involving social sector organizations in students’ experiential learning allows students to develop important skills, and this can also serve as a community engagement and capacity-building strategy.
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Internships and work-integrated learning for social sciences and humanities students can be part of how post-secondary institutions increase their capacities to contribute to social innovation.
Members of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe demonstrate against the war in Ukraine, Monday, March 14, 2022 in Strasbourg, eastern France.
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As we observe with the war in Ukraine, humanities skills are crucial for understanding 21st-century problems.