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Why STEM is not enough (and we still need the humanities) - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post

Why STEM is not enough (and we still need the humanities) - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post:

Why STEM is not enough (and we still need the humanities)

This was written by Cathy N. Davidson, Paula Barker Duffy, and Martha Wagner Weinberg, who are all council members of the National Council on the Humanities.

Davidson is a Duke University professor, and author of Now You See It: How the Brain Science of Attention Will Transform the Way We Live, Work, and Learn . Duffy is former director of the University of Chicago Press, the nation’s largest university press. Weinberg is a former professor of political science at MIT and is currently a consultant who has worked extensively with non-profit entities on issues of policy, strategy, leadership and program design.

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