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In reply to the discussion: More And More Of America's PhDs Are On Welfare [View all]yardwork
(61,588 posts)20. Both math and economics are part of a liberal arts education.
Do you really think that they are useless to you? If you had it to do over, would you have chosen different majors?
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So, for the general population, it's 15%, but for advanced degrees it's less than 2%
alcibiades_mystery
Jan 2013
#1
People sometimes make bad choices, whether buying a house they can't afford or getting a degree for
jody
Jan 2013
#3
The Bachelor's of Arts and Sciences was orginally a finshing school for the bourgeoisie
FarCenter
Jan 2013
#12
I know that and I do feel blessed. One of the biggest problems is lack of job security.
yardwork
Jan 2013
#61
The inflation adjusted value of $1 in 1972 is $5.51 in 2012; So making "nine times" is actually 1.63
FarCenter
Jan 2013
#74
Investing in real estate is no sure thing. It has done less well than other asset classes
FarCenter
Jan 2013
#76
I agree, but the right-wingers who are trying to dismantle higher education don't.
yardwork
Jan 2013
#50
That's right. In fact, Agent Mike himself was in my Psychology of Personality class.
KamaAina
Jan 2013
#49
Perhaps the new version of "working in the family company" is going to the right school,
hedgehog
Jan 2013
#53
I thought Yale was a liberal arts school where you get a broad education and build a network.
Ed Suspicious
Jan 2013
#77
Actually. If the goal of the violin player was to understand all aspects of the violin and
bluestate10
Jan 2013
#62
Siiiiiiigh. So I guess "working harder" is no longer enough; you now have to be a fortune teller.
HughBeaumont
Jan 2013
#9
You would probably be very surprised. Most CEOs have degrees in History or English.
yardwork
Jan 2013
#15
Very few people major in "liberal arts." They choose a major from within liberal arts.
yardwork
Jan 2013
#63
A PhD in a field should be at such a high level that he or she can create new lines of thought
bluestate10
Jan 2013
#59
Sounds great but that's not how the market for PhDs works. Agree they followed a dream but there was
jody
Jan 2013
#67
So that's 1.6% of all of those holding advanced degrees is receiving assistance?
JoePhilly
Jan 2013
#4
It's ok. I know you to be a very reasonable poster so I guessed that you were interpreting
yardwork
Jan 2013
#81
Based on the data in the OP, less then 2% of those with advanced degrees are on assistance.
JoePhilly
Jan 2013
#43
Some of you younger people may not know that companies used to hire liberal arts majors
Lydia Leftcoast
Jan 2013
#31
Exactly right. Thinking people need not apply. Obedient drones with the capacity
Egalitarian Thug
Jan 2013
#34
Makes sense, I work in IT which is mostly L1\H1s they say they don't get a rounded eduction...
uponit7771
Jan 2013
#36
Based on the data in the OP, less then 2% of those with advanced degrees are on assistance.
JoePhilly
Jan 2013
#44
More proof the MIC is a welfare program, if we REALLY needed to spend that much money on the MIC
uponit7771
Jan 2013
#35
That's because the universities are saving money by shifting teaching to adjuncts,
yardwork
Jan 2013
#54
NONE of our best and brightest should be struggling to find work. THAT'S what's wrong with these ##s
riderinthestorm
Jan 2013
#80