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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it's silly to think that the most valuable thing in the job market is going to be any subject that can be taught in a semester or two at college.  A engineer's knowledge has a half life of what, 4 years maybe?  You need to learn to learn skills-- writing, working with people, creative thinking, analysis.  [/quote]

Instead of those STEM courses that become obsolete so soon, Wesleyan offers "unforgettable" courses like “The Biology of Sex” (the textbook is a sex manual), “Key Issues in Black Feminism,” and “Queer Literature and Studies.”

Most people defending SLACS have no idea how much they have changed. [/quote]

This poster has something against Wesleyan. She keeps posting the same thing on many different threads. Whether or not it's true, I don't know and don't care.

Wesleyan is one of the "pottied Ivies" -- Amherst, Williams and Wesleyan -- all very fine SLACs, all of which are very hard to get into, in many cases harder than getting into Ivies.

If you look at any SLAC curriculum, you will find some unusual course titles. But you'll also find biochem, physics, 20th century architecture (is that too lightweight for you, PP?), music theory, etc. etc.

OP, it's all about motivation. Kids who are not self-directed will be in trouble, no matter where they go to school. I know Ivy League grads who are seriously underemployed in their 40s. And graduates of no-name SLACS, who are making seven figures. [/quote]

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