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Wollongong Receives AU$50 Million for Philosophy-Based Degree Program

The University of Wollongong is creating a philosophy-based bachelor of arts degree program in “Western Civilization”, to be based in a new School of Liberal Arts, with the help of a AU$50 million (approximately $35.6 million) gift from the Ramsay Centre. (more…)

The Point and Selection of Readings in Introductory Philosophy Courses

“What role should readings play at the lower undergraduate level in a philosophy class?” (more…)

What Do UK Philosophy Majors Do After They Graduate?

How many of those who graduate with a degree in philosophy in the UK are employed six months after graduation? What kinds of jobs do they get?

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American Catholic Philosophical Association Issues Statement Defending Philosophy

The American Catholic Philosophical Association (ACPA) has issued a public statement defending the role of philosophy in higher education. It is a response to a perceived increase in threats to the existence of philosophy programs and presence of philosophy requirements in curricula at colleges and universities, especially Catholic ones. (more…)

The Guardian’s Undergraduate Philosophy Rankings

The Guardian has published its 2019 “University Guide,” a set of rankings of schools aimed primarily at undergraduate students. The guide includes discipline-specific rankings, including for philosophy. (more…)

2018 QS Philosophy Rankings

The 2018 “QS World University Rankings” have been published, including rankings of philosophy programs.

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Philosophy Relies on Those Double Majors (guest post by Eric Schwitzgebel)

How many undergraduates who major in philosophy also major in another subject? In the following guest post * , Eric Schwitzgebel (Riverside) looks at the numbers and what they mean. (more…)

Proportion of Philosophy Majors Who Are Women Varies Widely Across Schools

The following is a guest post * by Eric Schwitzgebel, professor of philosophy at University of California, Riverside. It first appeared at his blog, The Splintered Mind. (more…)

The Racial Diversity of Philosophy Majors (guest post by Eric Schwitzgebel)

The following is a guest post * by Eric Schwitzgebel, professor of philosophy at University of California, Riverside. It first appeared at his blog, The Splintered Mind.

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The Underproduction of Philosophy PhDs (guest post by Daniel Hicks)

The following is a guest post* by Daniel Hicks (UC Davis), in which he explains how it could be that, contrary to conventional wisdom, there aren’t enough people getting PhDs in philosophy. (more…)

Sharp Declines in Philosophy, History, & Language Majors Since 2010 (guest post by Eric Schwitzgebel)

The following is a guest post * by Eric Schwitzgebel, professor of philosophy at University of California, Riverside. It first appeared at his blog, The Splintered Mind. (more…)

What Proportion of Philosophy Majors Are Women? (guest post by Eric Schwitzgebel)

The following is a guest post * by Eric Schwitzgebel, professor of philosophy at University of California, Riverside. It first appeared at his blog, The Splintered Mind.

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Philosophy of Science Undergrad Summer Program

The Center for Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh will be hosting a summer program in philosophy of science for undergraduate students from underrepresented groups this coming summer. (more…)

APA Wins $660,000 Grant For Diversity Initiatives

The American Philosophical Association (APA) has won a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to expand the Philosophy in an Inclusive Key Summer Institute (PIKSI) program as well as help develop and support other undergraduate diversity institutes. (more…)

Diversity in Philosophy: The Compass Workshops (guest post by Sukaina Hirji)

The following is a guest post * by Sukaina Hirji, assistant professor of philosophy at Virginia Tech, about the Compass Workshops. The workshops “provide undergraduates from underrepresented groups a chance to meet each other, and to explore various sub-disciplines within philosophy, in a relaxed and supportive environment.” (more…)

Protecting Philosophy from Budget Cuts

This week’s Chronicle of Higher Education has three pieces on protecting philosophy departments from budget cuts. All currently paywalled, they include an interview with Amy E. Ferrer, Executive Director of the American Philosophical Association (APA), an article on “how to help your department avoid the ax,” and some tips on supporting philosophy on campus. (more…)..

Philosophy In An Inclusive Key

Philosophy In An Inclusive Key, or PIKSI, is a philosophy summer program “designed to encourage undergraduates from underrepresented groups to consider future study in the field of philosophy.” (more…)

Summer 2017 Philosophy Programs for Undergraduates

Are you organizing a philosophy program for undergraduates for the Summer of 2017? If so, please share information—dates, location, theme, website or email contact, etc.—in the comments here. (more…)

Funding for Undergraduate Philosophy Research

Margaret Atherton (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee) writes in asking about how philosophy professors and students can best take advantage of the funding their schools offer for undergraduate research programs. (more…)

How To Find A Philosophy Tutor or Mentor

A student in the University of London’s distance undergraduate international program who is majoring in philosophy is seeking advice on how to get help with her studies. She writes: (more…)

Keeping Philosophical between Undergrad and Grad

A reader writes in:

I am planning on applying to graduate school in philosophy for 2017. However, I graduated from my undergraduate institution a few years ago and have been doing non-philosophy things since. I’m looking for opportunities to get (re)involved in philosophy, but pretty much everything I’ve found (institutes, journals, etc.) is either for current un..

Philosophy Degrees: How Many Are Awarded, And To Whom?

Humanities Indicators, a project of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, has released new degree-specific data on various humanities subjects, including philosophy. Here are some of the findings. All data and images below are from the Humanities Indicators site. (more…)

Why Do Undergraduate Women Stop Studying Philosophy? (guest post by Morgan Thompson)

The following is a guest post * by Morgan Thompson (Pittsburgh), who, along with Toni Adleburg (UCSD), Sam Sims (Florida State), and Eddy Nahmias (Georgia State), authored the newly published “Why Do Women Leave Philosophy: Surveying Students at the Introductory Level” (Philosophers’ Imprint). Below, Thompson covers some of the main points of the paper for the purpos..