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The Humanities and the Future of Bioethics Education

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 August 2010

JOSEPH J. FINS
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Let’s face it, the humanities are in trouble. Last year, in The Chronicle of Higher Education, Thomas H. Benton warned prospective graduate students to avoid doctoral studies in the humanities. His rationale: a job market down 40%, the improbability of tenure, the more certain prospect of life as an adjunct, and eventual outright exile from one’s chosen field. Benton, the pen name of William Pannapacker, an associate professor of English at Hope College in Holland, Michigan, pulled no punches. His piece was entitled, “Graduate School in the Humanities: Just Don’t Go.”

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Special Section: Bioethics Education
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Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics , Volume 19 , Issue 4 , October 2010 , pp. 518 - 521
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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