How Books@Work is Bringing Humanities to the Front Line

How Books@Work is Bringing Humanities to the Front Line

We were honored to be featured in The Huffington Post last week by Kimberly Rae Connor, blogger and Director of Interdisciplinary Studies at the University of San Francisco’s Department of Public and Nonprofit Administrations–and we are more pleased to republish the article here. As Kimberly writes: “While opinion writers across the media have begun supporting and expanding humanities offerings as preparation for work and life, most have neglected to consider those who seldom get past the academic threshold in the first place but whose journeys have taken them to the workplace. Books@Work corrects that oversight. They recognize that 60% of workers in the U.S. do not have access to higher education. Many front line, blue collar and even middle management workers lack structured opportunities to engage in intellectual adventures by way of formal education and to benefit from the kinds of skill, knowledge, confidence, and empathy building experiences that can be elicited from reading and discussing literature.”

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