Study of humanities neglected in universities, report says
Higher education institutions say they want to correct an “imbalance” in the types of courses students are being offered and make more humanities subjects available.
More science and liberal arts courses should be made available, officials said, as figures showed that more than 60 per cent of programmes at universities were in business, information technology and engineering.
A study by the Emirates Centre for Strategic Studies and Research (ECSSR) found that business administration courses made up 25 per cent of the total offered by universities.
Information technology and computer engineering courses constituted 19 per cent, while engineering accounted for 18 per cent. Two hundred and seventy-six university courses were analysed…SOURCE
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