The Academic Humanities Today: Opportunities & Challenges—Findings from Conversations with Department Chairs
Appendix
The following tables provide demographic information about the humanities departments represented in the focus groups.
Census Region
Midwest | 8 |
Northeast | 5 |
South | 12 |
West | 5 |
Type
Private | 15 |
Public | 15 |
HBCU | 3 |
Carnegie Classification
Doctoral | 15 |
Master’s | 8 |
Baccalaureate | 7 |
Discipline
English | 8 |
LOTE | 5 |
History | 4 |
Philosophy | 3 |
Ethnic Studies | 3 |
Classics | 2 |
Gender Studies | 2 |
Combined (multiple humanities programs within one department) | 3 |
Size (number of majors who graduated in 2025)
Small (<20) | 13 |
Medium (20–80) | 11 |
Large (>80) | 6 |