How many humanities Ph.D.s should universities produce?

If you have been anywhere near a university that trains doctoral students in the humanities, you will know that the market for new Ph.D.s is abysmal. The plain fact is that we train far more humanities Ph.D.s than there are jobs for. In a recent year, the American History Association reported about 340 tenure-track job … Continue reading How many humanities Ph.D.s should universities produce?