It's a hard thing to navigate. Colleges and Universities essentially know where the deepest cuts need to be made when they're facing a budget crisis, but most of them are resistant to doing what WVU has committed to doing here. It's unfortunate, but a lot of places are going to have to give up the ghost of being all things to all people.Slashing Its Budget, West Virginia University Asks, What Is Essential?
The state’s flagship school will no longer teach world languages or creative writing — a sign, its president says, of the future at many public universities.www.nytimes.com
Doesn't impact a lot of students but interesting to hear Gee's (a well-known president that has bounced around a lot) comments on the future of education and humanities etc. Does impact a considerable number of faculty members
Hmmmmmm. I have feelings about this. Gonna be a lot less interesting people out there.
Would you prohibit your kid from majoring in lib arts? Or say you aren’t paying for that?
Depends. Does she want to be a lawyer or pursue a master's in something to be a teacher. Probably would let her continue on and pay for it.
I know. It’s hard tho. I can’t imagine being at this point. You want your kids to study what they want. Edification etc. wasn’t intended to be a vocational pursuit. But economics change things. Earlier this summer I had an old college teammate visit with his daughter to check out SLU. They were going to Marquette the next weekend. That school choice seems unfathomable to me. Decent schools. Nothing to write home about. Yet private and very expensive. Why….
So maybe you go in state to mizzou study what you want. You want to go out of state, which I want, I have a say
Sort of illogical tho as the dispositive factor is what I have to pay vs employability. The latter being most important. I guess
I haven’t interviewed for a job in more than 20 years. Do employers state the degrees they require? If I want to sell medical equipment do I have to have a business degree?
Not sure but most pharmaceutical companies require a degree in order to be a rep. Which is stupid. A good looking woman in a low cut shirt is the only requirement needed.
The demographics are changing. A lot more NP’s with zero clinical experience but they have a degree. The vast majority of NPs under the age of 35 I wouldn’t send a dog to see them for real medicine. 95% of what I do now I could do with 2 years of OJT….no schooling needed
Most do list what type of degree is required or may list a specific degree in the preferred qualifications. Sometimes they just say a bachelor's with X number of experience. For higher-level jobs in higher ed, the qualifications are bachelor's with X years of experience and specific experience with X type of software/system. Then list another "OR" qualification that a master's can take the place of the experience requirement, which doesn't make any sense to me. The master's is sometimes a required qualification but usually is listed as a preferred.
Are you saying B-school grads aren't interesting?
I love Excel. Like a child.
The world needs more HIstory majors. We're a dying breed.
Yup. It provides a baseline knowledge most lack. Probably why you have no trouble cleaning up on the posters on this board
My other major was Econ, which I found fascinating. Loved the courses, even though my math wasn't good enough at the time to take it much further than a BA. If I had it to do again, I'd have pursued a Masters in Econ, instead of an MBA. Maybe a PhD, but I doubt I would have been that disciplined. But I did love the Econ classes.
And it shows!!! when you post on history and the economy it's in a language that goes right over the head of most of the posters on the board. they simply lack the fundamental knowledge and just go with their feelings. like having a gun at a knife fight. same for me with my political science and public administration background. #DREAMTEAM
I see a consulting business in our future. I worked in IT, so I know how to bilk a customer.
You should have gone to DC and got a job. I know a SPEA grad at IU who went right to DC after graduating. She didn't have a job or anything and wasn't all that attractive, but she found a job and has worked her way through the bureaucracy. DC is like a big frat.
I don't know about Bulk, since I have him on ignore, but I miss Brad. He was a staple here.
Perhaps not Murty....
I have the Communications major with the double minor History and American Studies. Not only do these millennial and x'ers not know much....they don't even suspect much..even 20th Century history is mostly a mystery to them.
I didn’t know it at the time I studied history, but I now know that studying history is a great way to learn and apply cause and effect. That is an important skill to master. I’m in the middle of an 800 page Am History book now. It focuses on US role in the world. Many events and issues presented in new ways.
One of a kind of odd history class at IU I took was US diplomacy in the Caribbean during the Revolutionary War.
Gee doesn't like spending money on students when he could spend it on himself. 🤯
I bet your home has some great art in it, though. Amiright?
As an undergraduate I researched all my elective courses with the following criteria: how easy would it be to get an A and second did I have to go to class.
Lotus123 was/is superior. But it is the BetaMax of spreadsheets. Had several IT people tell me I must have been the last Lotus spreadsheet guy in the world. Still have my disc.
