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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This thread just repeats the same old canards that the WaPo piece attempts to debunk, namely:

--that recent liberal arts majors have much higher un- and under-employment rates (not true)

--that liberal arts majors don't make enough to support themselves (not true)

--that one's major dictates one's job choices (biology and math majors don't usually become biologists and mathematicians; history majors don't usually become historians; English majors don't usually become English teachers.)

--that the world has changed so much that the experience of the former liberal arts majors posting here is irrelevant (not true, unless they are attorneys)

etc.

There are even posts here arguing that the author of the WaPo piece is just another ivory tower professor lamenting the decline in popularity of his liberal arts field. Except the author of this piece is long-time business/economics writer for the WaPo who teaches a few classes on the side.[/quote]

Find me data that shows grads within last 10 years - in other words, isn't distorted with 40 50 and 60-yo who grew up in a different era.

Most anecdotes are Ivy grads saying how they love their History degree, or attractive women from Big State U who flirted their way to a nice job. Or the data is distorted by packing in some of the stem and business concentrations to inflate "liberal arts."[/quote]

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