Humanities Degrees Are Worth Less
The BBC has a report up that having an art or humanities degree may earn you less than dropping out of school. A choice quote from the article:
Professor Ian Walker, leading the study, said: “Feeling warm about literature doesn’t pay the rent.“Maybe an average arts student knows he or she is not going to do very well. Maybe they do not.
“Education is a risk individuals take. We need to make sure people have the correct perceptions.”
This really speaks to me of the over all economizing of education, and furthers the idea that art is marginal in society. But, I won’t rattle on about that too much now (maybe later).
originally posted by: gtodd
