Humanities dissertations have collapsed, social sciences are next — with AI as one driver
gsiemens · x · 2026-10-23
Psychology professor Jay Van Bavel notes that dissertation writing in the humanities has collapsed, and the same is now happening in the social sciences, with psychology likely to follow. Funding cuts, a tight academic job market, and AI are rapidly reshaping universities and cratering graduate programs.
The retweeter adds that the only way to "save the Humanities" is through serious gen-ed reform that most universities refuse to undertake — "the hour is very late."
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