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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The liberal arts destroyed themselves. Outside of a few institutions holding the line (St Johns and a collection of tiny classics-focused religious colleges), there's not much intellectual seriousness left. This is as true of selective institutions as it is of the Community College of Eastern Northwest South Dakota. [/quote]

When you say "liberal arts" I don't think you realize that it includes the arts, humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, and mathematics.[/quote]

Correct…I think they really mean humanities.

Again…these degrees didn’t decline due to any ideology shift.  It started with the Great Recession when people saw the STEM and other quantitative majors do ok and the humanities majors suffer (coinciding with Wall Street and consulting not hiring anyone during 2008/2009 and in fact firing a ton of people…this effectively shut down lucrative routes for humanities majors from top schools).

It will be difficult to correct and will only happen if something causes a true shift in the job market.  The current tech “slowdown” is nothing compared to the dotcom implosion (which caused a drop in STEM majors for a good 5+ years, before it started growing again).[/quote]

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