Book Reviews: The Contributions of the Social Sciences to Educational Policy and Practice: 1965–1985

1986 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 443-445
Author(s):  
Sherry Keith
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Educational Policy ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
The Social ◽  
Educational Policy And Practice

“Non-strategic” Eastern Europe and the Fate of the Humanities

2015 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clare Cavanagh
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Educational Policy ◽  
First Century ◽  
Eastern European ◽  
European Studies ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
European Literature ◽  
Educational Policy And Practice ◽  
Eastern European Literature

Until recent events intervened, Eastern European Studies found themselves under attack at my home university and other institutions for being, among other things, “non-strategic.” We see the same notion, if not the same terminology, applied increasingly to the humanities and non-quantitative social sciences, which lose ground daily to the so-called STEM disciplines in both educational policy and practice. How do we defend the study of Eastern European literature and culture in the current academic climate? This essay defends the centrality both of literary and Eastern European studies in the twenty-first-century curriculum.

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