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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All the Ivies, UChicago[/quote]

Not U Chicago anymore. There was an article about how they're cutting and reducing their humanities depts due to funding issues.[/quote]

fwiw they are merging departments with fewer than 15 profs, which includes Germanic studies, Slavic languages and literatures, and South Asian languages and civilizations. Do you want to pay $400k for your child to major in Slavic languages?[/quote]
I wouldn’t want my kid majoring in any humanities subject, so the Slavic part is no more useless to me than a history degree. Nonetheless, I agree with your point that Chicago isn’t diminishing its humanities departments.[/quote]
Honestly, I can’t think of anything more useful than majoring in Slavic languages. It’s basically a one-way ticket to becoming an expert in obscure references and exactly the kind of person your friends are secretly avoiding at brunch. You’ll have job offers pouring in from all the high-paying, highly relevant fields—like... being a professor in a tiny department with 3 students or offering your deep insights into Dostoevsky to the two people who care.

Joking aside, it's definitely an interesting choice in terms of ROI, especially when there’s such a demand for more “practical” degrees nowadays.  the whole idea of paying that much for a humanities degree feels increasingly like a luxury, especially when the future seems a bit more practical-minded these days. I get that there's value in a well-rounded education, but I’d want my kid to graduate with some clear career opportunities lined up.

imagine telling your kid, “You’re going to Chicago, but you’ll major in Slavic languages—prepare to be the most interesting at dinner parties... 20 years from now, when you’re still living in a one-bedroom apartment with 4 roommates and explaining the nuances of 12th-century Russian poetry for the fifth time that week.[/quote]

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