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Two of Wesleyan’s Graduating Philosophy Majors Earned Their Degrees While Incarcerated

Two philosophy majors graduating this year from Wesleyan University earned their degrees while incarcerated. (more…)

Philosophy Major at Utica Targeted for Elimination

The president of Utica University, Laura Casamento, at the prompting of Utica’s Board of Trustees, has recommended that the university no longer offer students the opportunity to major in philosophy. A petition has been launched to protest the proposed elimination of the philosophy major. (more…)

The Guardian’s 2022 Philosophy Rankings

The Guardian has released its rankings of UK universities at which to study philosophy. (more…)

The Philosophy Major Continues to Recover and Diversify in the U.S. (guest post)

The number of college students graduating with degrees in philosophy continues to increase, as does the gender and racial diversity of this group. (more…)

Assigning Public Philosophy Projects to Undergraduates (guest post)

In some of his recent courses, Daniel Munro, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Toronto, has tried assigning something different from the traditional essays and exams: creative public philosophy projects. (more…)

How Does Your University Count Double Majors?

The philosophy major program at the University of Nebraska, Kearney (UNK) is facing elimination, mainly over issues of low enrollments and numbers of majors, and one issue of contention between UNK’s Department of Philosophy and administration is how students double-majoring in philosophy and another field should be counted. (more…)

Save Philosophy at Bloomsburg

“In its desperate need to scapegoat something other than its own misadventures overbuilding, over-spending on everything but education… BU finds itself unable to fulfill its central mission: educational opportunity across that wide swath of disciplines that define a university.” (more…)

Advising Software Says Philosophy Majors Have Two Career Options

Some universities and colleges are spending money to have their students use a career advising software, TypeFocus, that appears to be based on pseudoscience, biased against the humanities, and severely misinformed. (more…)

Logic Course Breaks University of Sydney Enrollment Record — Or It Doesn’t

Over 2200 students at the University of Sydney are currently enrolled in “Philosophy 1012: Introduction to Logic,” setting a university-wide record for highest enrollment in any course the university has ever offered. (more…)

Percentage of Women Graduating with Philosophy Degrees Increases

In 2020, 39% of undegraduates leaving colleges with degrees in philosophy were women, up from 35% in 2017, reports Eric Schwitzgebel (UC Riverside). (more…)

Pulling In Undergraduate Majors

A philosophy professor writes in asking for suggestions about how a philosophy department can attract undergraduate majors. (more…)

New: Washington University Review of Philosophy

Washington University Review of Philosophy is a new, open-access journal featuring articles by and interviews with professional philosophers, edited by undergraduate students. (more…)

First-Generation College Students and Philosophy

A philosophy professor has embarked on a project to understand and address issues faced by philosophy students who are first-generation college students or members of other traditionally underrepresented groups, and she could use your help. (more…)

Philosophy Enrollment Grows — a Little — in Canada

While the total number of undergraduate philosophy majors in Canada is down since 2010, a recent bump and some anecdotal evidence has University Affairs reporting that “philosophy is having a moment.” (more…)

Devastating Cuts at Laurentian University To Philosophy & Many Other Programs

Following years of extraordinary mismanagement by administrators, Laurentian University is attempting to address its current financial insolvency by eliminating a shocking number of academic programs and tenured positions. The Department of Philosophy and several of its faculty are among those slated for elimination. (more…)

Advice About Undergraduate Philosophy Journals

A professor sends in a query about advising students on undergraduate philosophy journals. (more…)

Cabrini University to Cut Philosophy Major

Cabrini University, a Catholic College in Pennsylvania, has announced that it is eliminating several programs, including its philosophy major. (more…)