On the cost of Education

[Belsnickel]

(07-28-2016, 06:04 PM)Mike M (the other one) Wrote: Liberal Arts Degree.

http://www.businessinsider.com/liberal-arts-majors-are-screwed-2014-5

According to the survey, the top three attributes that companies are currently looking for are: a positive attitude (84%), communication skills (83%) and an ability to work as a team (74%). However despite this need, liberal arts majors (who are historically more focused on communications) were shown to be the least likely to land a job, with only 2% of companies actively recruiting those graduates – versus 27% for engineering and computer information systems and 18% for business. Proof of this shift was evident when 49% of all generations responded that they believe there are “no jobs” out there for those with a liberal arts degree.

Liberal Arts degree has it's place in the Humanities section, but it is not a mainstream degree.

See, this is where people get confused with things. Statistics, economics, law, political science, physics, chemistry, these are all liberal arts subjects. Would you say degrees in these fields are unnecessary? There are even some in that list that are humanities subjects, like law and political science.

There are jobs out there in those fields, but for many, if not most, 4 years does not a terminal degree make. That is what I think is being missed in a lot of those instances. They don't plan out what they are going to do with the degree, don't realize what job they are actually training for.