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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The collapse in humanities majors is not just because of the popularity of tech majors in the modern economy. [b]Humanities are becoming a joke on many campuses.[/b] People talking about their humanities degrees from 30 years go keep forgetting it's not 1993 any more. There's been a revolution in how the humanities are taught and the academic experience is, let's put it as politely as possible, not as rigorous or insightful as it once was. Because of the courses taught by the current generation of college professors, fewer students are drawn to the humanities.

I do think higher education is going to go through a massive restructuring in the next few decades as people reevaluate their relationship with colleges and studying, especially in the age of AI in conjunction with the new ideological attitudes that have come to dominate higher education, and, of course costs. [/quote]

Agree.  I have no issue with humanities students who study hard and excel in their fields.  But on average their study habits and work ethic are far worse than engineering students.  Too many humanities students party too much and have too many distractions during 4 years of college.  The bad news is that employers know it.  Even those jobs that don’t require specialized technical knowledge, they know the difference between the work ethic of an engineering student v. a humanities student, unless the humanities student is from a top school with a top GPA. [/quote]

I work with scientists, and by and large they are a bunch of entitled whiners. Their work ethic only extends to what strokes their ego.[/quote]
DP..

Engineering majors get paid a lot more with an undergrad than most humanities majors, and there's a reason for that.  [/quote]

Engineering salaries are flat.  Period.  They usually do not go on to an advanced degree and don’t break $200k over time.

I’m a female STEM BS/MS that works with a ton of engineers.  I make $180k/yr 28 years in my career.

I’m married to a Humanities major from a top 10 university.  He went into software consulting started @$39k and was making $300k when he went independent 5 years later and makes around $550k.  Just a BA.

I’m literally the only STEM worker in my entire wealthy neighborhood filled with lawyers and lobbyists and a few TV new/policy commentators.[/quote]

a few things
1. keyword = top 10 university.  
2. engineers usually don't stay engineers, they become all sorts of managers, directors, vice presidents/presidents, CEOs
3. sure it can happen to humanities majors, but we are talking on the average and median.  
Heck how about major in theater and become rich and famous movie star or major in music and become a rock star LOL.   
Overall cs/engineering &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; humanities.  
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