{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Brian Rosenberg on How the Humanities End\u2014and Might Be Saved with Brendan Boyle","description":"What is the value of a humanities education, especially for historically underserved students? What is the place of the humanities in American higher education? Beginning with a discussion of Louis Menand\u2019s essay, \u201cWhat\u2019s So Great About Great-Books Courses?\u201d (The New Yorker, Dec. 2021) and Brian Rosenberg\u2019s response (\u201cThis Is the Way the Humanities End,\u201d Chronicle of Higher Education, Jan. 2022), Boyle and Rosenberg\u2019s conversation explores tensions between the research and education missions of the modern university, the role of the humanities teacher, what\u2019s at stake in how we think about the purpose of general education, and more. Links:  Louis Menand, \u201cWhat\u2019s So Great About Great-Books Courses?\u201d Brian Rosenberg, \u201cThis Is the Way the Humanities End&quot;  ","author_name":"Books and a Balance","author_url":"http:\/\/sjc.edu","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/22206971\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/22206971"}