WashPost: College is remade as tech majors surge and humanities dwindle
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/05/19/college-majors-computer-science-humanities/
That’s expected. But in the future, if there are too many CS graduates and too few English and history graduates, the supply and demand relationship might change. |
Anonymous
| In some circles, humanities majors are thought to be future Starbucks baristas. For the middle of the road school, not as many jobs for soft science. |
Anonymous
Former barista |
Anonymous
It may not have worked out for you, but humanities majors are very much in demand in some circles. |
Anonymous
| Must we have this discussion for the 40 thousandth time on this page? Let your kid major in that they want, are interested in, have a passion for and a talent for. End of story. |
Anonymous
It’s advice like this that has caused the student loan crisis |
Anonymous
No, the article profiles a former barista who’s graduating UMD with an English degree. |
Anonymous
Why would it change? Why would English and history majors be in demand unless it's for teaching English or history? |
Anonymous
One person? For one, a barista can offer flexibility with benefits which coukd be useful to a writer, artist or entrepreneur. Secondly, my CS cousin was out of work for a while. Better he should be a barista than unemployed. I'm sure there are baristas who studied stem. All sorts of majors can be useful. What isn't useful is denigrating areas of study. If you don't want to study something, don't. But, rather than judging those who do, just move on. |
Anonymous
Wow, this is obtuse. There are communication, writing, creative and analytical skills that come from studying the humanities. |
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Law school? |
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I am have a BA in art, DH has a BA in English, we both have law degrees and successful public policy careers.
Our kids will study what they are passionate about, likely not STEM (their decision not ours) and we are lucky they will come out of college without student debt. That would be my goal for them regardless of whether we were full pay or full FA and regardless of major. We fall in the middle, the proverbial donut hole that can afford a private school with decent merit aid or public. I strongly believe that engaging deeply in subjects that interest you will lead to stronger critical thinking skills than forcing a particular major because of perceived marketability. My kid’s are good at math but their greatest strengths lie in the humanities. We also will support them in learning how you turn a humanities degree into a career. It’s not that we don’t believe they should get good jobs, we just don’t agree there is only one way. |
Anonymous
After she graduates, she'll be a very highly-credentialed barista, lmao. "Sir, would you like me to diagram a sentence for you?" "No, just the latte, thanks." |
Anonymous
No….going to a school you can’t afford, colleges upping prices bc they can, insane loan rates, not paying people a living wage outside of a few careers…those have led to the student loan crisis. If everyone majors in CS/engineering/finance….what happens to counselors? Nurses? Teachers? And yes, humanities majors? |
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