Some universities and faculties have departments only for philosophy (“impartial” departments), whereas others have departments that embody philosophy and different disciplines, resembling “philosophy and non secular research” or “philosophy and historical past,” or “humanities” (“blended” departments).
It is likely to be helpful to listen to extra from these at “blended” departments concerning the benefits and downsides of that sort of association. Blended departments could also be extra widespread than you assume, and restructurings impressed by budgetary wants or the profession ambitions of ascending directors could make them much more so.
A new report from the American Philosophical Affiliation (APA) supplies particulars on the proportions of impartial and blended philosophy departments at several types of establishments, and in several elements of america.
Amongst its findings:
- doctoral universities have the very best share of impartial philosophy departments (64%)
- slightly below half of baccalaureate faculties have an impartial philosophy division (49%)
- one quarter of affiliate’s faculties have impartial philosophy departments (25%)
Share of Impartial and Blended Departments by Establishment Kind, from “Report on the Prevalence of Impartial Philosophy Departments” by Jaehyun Hong.
Breaking down the info on doctoral universities by Carnegie Classification, the report says:
- 83% of R1 establishments have impartial philosophy departments
- 64% of R2 establishments have impartial philosophy departments
- 44% of doctoral/skilled universities have impartial philosophy departments
On the subject of the geographic distribution of division sorts, the APA report finds that “the Northeast has the very best share of educational establishments with an impartial philosophy division (53%). The West
follows with 51%. The South has the bottom share of establishments with impartial departments (34%).”
Right here’s a state-level look:
Geographic distribution of blended and impartial philosophy departments within the U.S., from “Report on the Prevalence of Impartial Philosophy Departments” by Jaehyun Hong.
The complete report, authored by APA intern Jaehyun Hong with steering from govt director Amy Ferrer, is on the market here.
