Carvalho: UATX holds a hiring advantage in traditional humanities
Carlos Carvalho · This Idea is Destroying American Universities · Joe Lonsdale · Oct 9, 2025 · at 31:03
Carlos Carvalho, President of UATX, explains why traditional humanities scholars are drawn to the University of Austin as legacy institutions shift priorities.
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“If you study Jane Austen as an example of a scholar that we have, that's, there's not a lot of jobs for you in the world. Well, we like that. We like ninth century literature. And we wanted more of that. So, you know, we actually have a comparative advantage in recruiting young talent in that direction. And that's true for classics. That's true for literature. That's true for American history. That's true for military history. That's true for people that care about the founding of America. Those are things that we have a comparative advantage in, in, in recruiting.”
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