"Our Greek forebears, as early as Hippocrates, coined the term "kρίσις" to describe a "turning point"; kρίσις, a word related to the Proto-Indo-European root krei-, is etymologically connected to practices like "sieving," "discriminating" and "judging." In fact, the most widely mentioned skill we humanists offer our students, critical thinking, originates from the same practice of deliberate "sieving." Thus, when we call ourselves critics and write critical theory, we admit that crisis might just be our natural habitat."
"A look at the helpful statistics provided by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences indicates that this latest crisis in humanities enrollments and degree completions is not like the previous fluctuations in our history, but more foundational. Things sounded bad enough when a state flagship like West Virginia University slashed modern languages (and math!) two years ago. But when that beacon of humanistic learning, the University of Chicago, pauses Ph.D. admissions across all but two of its humanities programs,"
Humanities scholars express deep concern about a current crisis in enrollments and degree completions. The term 'krisis' historically meant a turning point and connects etymologically to practices of sieving, discriminating, and judging. Critical thinking derives from this practice of deliberate sieving, aligning criticism with a dispositional affinity for crisis. Recent statistics from the American Academy of Arts and Sciences signal a more foundational decline than prior fluctuations. Program cuts at state flagships and the University of Chicago's pause in Ph.D. admissions across most humanities programs demonstrate existential threat. Feelings of powerlessness have prompted some scholars to resort to conspiracy theories and complaint cultures.
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