Is the Job Market for Liberal Arts Graduates REALLY as Bad as Some People Think? |
It is amazing to me, how academe has internalized an outdated, limited view of the career paths available to those with a liberal arts education. In particular, I hear a consistent drone of pessimism from professors, graduate students, and professional organizations in the Liberal Arts disciplines.
I believe that this pessimism is a largely the result of a self-fulfilling prophecy. Granted, if you want to become a tenured professor in , say, English or American Literature, the prospects arenot very good. However, is teaching the only career path open for undergraduate and graduate students from the Liberal Arts disciplines? No.
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