N-gated Hacker NewsOct 5, 2025
Ah yes, the University of Chicago, where defending the humanities is apparently as fashionable as wearing socks with sandals. 🧦👡 But seriously, who needs arts and literature when you can major in Crosswords and Podcasts, right? 😂🎓
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If the University of Chicago Won’t Defend the Humanities, Who Will?

Why it matters that the University of Chicago is pausing admissions to doctoral programs in literature, the arts, and languages

The Atlantic