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Liberal arts grad here. Humanities education has almost completely absolved itself of any responsibility for helping its students build careers. I did not have
by puranjay 9y ago
Liberal arts grad here. Humanities education has almost completely absolved itself of any responsibility for helping its students build careers.
I did not have a single lecture or discussion with any of my professors about how I could use my degree to get a job, what kind of careers I could pursue, and how to use my degree for anything outside of academia.
Humanities education has become "education for education's sake".
That's fine and all if the cost of tuition is low. But when you're spending $30k/year on tuition, your professors believing that "everyone should just go into academia" is just a bad investment.
- thatwebdude 9y ago> I did not have a single lecture or discussion with any of my professors about how I could use my degree to get a job, what kind of careers I could pursue, and how to use my degree for anything outside of academia. I agree, this should be something more emphasized. I also blame (to a degree) my K-12 career for not putting an emphasis on any courses related to budgeting or Home Economics.
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- diogenescynic 9y agoI also agree, but I'm also a liberal arts grad and it gave me the skills to get to where I am now, so I really can't complain. I agree there needs to be more time spent helping students find career paths. That is truly severely lacking.