philosophy department survival strategies
TagPhilosophy Department Survival Strategies: The Personal Invitation
Affirmation. It’s natural to want it and to be encouraged by it. If deserved, it’s good to give. And giving it to your students can help grow your department’s enrollments and majors. (more…)
Philosophy Department Survival Strategies: Alumni Relations
Alumni can have a surprisingly strong voice in university and college decisions, and they can also help individual departments in various ways. What is your department doing to maintain good relations with its graduated philosophy majors and minors? (more…)
Philosophy Department Survival Strategies: The Ontarian Approach (guest post)
The percentage of college graduates who are majors in philosophy is about five and half times higher in Canada than in the United States. One factor in this might be the success philosophers have had in implementing philosophy courses in Ontario high schools. (more…)
Philosophy Department Survival Strategies: Interdepartmental Cooperation on Campus
This is the third installment in the occasional series, Philosophy Department Survival Strategies. In this post, our topic is about philosophers working with members of other departments at their university or college.
Philosophy Department Survival Strategies: Course Offerings and Majors
This is the second installment in the occasional series, Philosophy Department Survival Strategies. The topic is how the number and types of philosophy courses affect the health of the philosophy major program.
Philosophy Department Survival Strategies: Local Student Recruitment
Some readers have noticed the alarming frequency with which posts in the category of “Cuts and Threats to Philosophy Programs” appear here. Given the current political winds, there might be more cuts coming. What can philosophy departments do to improve their chances of survival? (more…)