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Since the 1990s, the humanities have been working to incorporate digital elements into the work of departments. This involves efforts to provide online courses to facilitate the needs of less-traditional students and extend the reach of the college or the department. Electronic technology is also used by some departments to facilitate research and the dissemination of scholarship.

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* Folklore was excluded from the figure because it was not possible to generate reliable estimates for the discipline. The 2016–17 academic year includes the summer 2017 term and any intersession terms.
** A combined department is one that grants degrees in English and in languages and literatures other than English (LLE).

For the values underlying this figure: See Table 20 in the Appendix, Part A, and the 18th table in each subsection of Part B (e.g., Table AH18, Table EN18).

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* Folklore was excluded from the figure because it was not possible to generate reliable estimates for the discipline. The 2016–17 academic year includes the summer 2017 term and any intersession terms.
** A combined department is one that grants degrees in English and in languages and literatures other than English (LLE).

For the values underlying this figure: See Table 20 in the Appendix, Part A, and the 18th table in each subsection of Part B (e.g., Table AH18, Table EN18).

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* A combined department is one that grants degrees in English and in languages and literatures other than English (LLE).
** Anthropology departments did not receive questions that included the term “digital humanities.”

For the values underlying this figure: See Table 21 in the Appendix, Part A, and the 19th table in each subsection of Part B (e.g., Table AH19, Table EN19).

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