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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m not surprised that more students are viewing higher education as vocational training, due to the high cost of a diploma. Kids are feeling pressured to major in lucrative fields vs ones that fit their interests or personality.

Many jobs of the future probably haven’t even been invented yet, so in my opinion, a liberal arts education at the undergraduate level is valuable in teaching students how to learn and adapt. I recognize that my view is in the minority now. [/quote]

I'm with you that liberal arts is definitely the best way to educate a well-rounded and adaptable human, but [b]I rather doubt the whole jobs of the future line. Haven't we been hearing that for decades now?[/b] And just about the only "job of the future" that's showed up is social media influencer or manager (ugh). In fact many future proof jobs are the jobs that have been around for literally millenia. Food still needs to be grown. Animals still need to be raised. Things like that.[/quote]

Cybersecurity, data analytics (big data), web developers, online commerce related jobs, mobile app development, streaming media technologies, online privacy related tech/jobs.

There are a lot of new jobs[/quote]

Most of those are just programming. A lot fewer desktop developers now compared to mobile and web, but still really the same thing.[/quote]

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