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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I love all the responses talking about the value of humanities. Of course people that can think, read, write and are actually educated would be valuable in organizations that interact with the actual real world.

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Sure, but they usually tend to need graduate degrees to get a good paying job.

OP is asking, "What do liberal arts majors do"?  They either get lower paying jobs or go to grad school.

Here's a list of % unemployed/undereployed by majors in 2023:

[img]https://www.visualcapitalist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/VORO-Majors-Highest-Unemployment_Site.jpg[/img]

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/major-worst-finding-a-job/[/quote]

This is the federal reserve data used for the infographic. It's from the Census' American Community Survey - note that the average wages at early and mid-career are for those with a BA only.

https://www.newyorkfed.org/research/college-labor-market#--:explore:outcomes-by-major[/quote]

Who gets to decide what is an insufficient position for their training?

People who study history don't necessarily do it to become a historian. Likewise for sociology and philosophy, etc. [/quote]

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