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27 04, 2016

The master economy and student majors (Jeffrey Dorfman, Forbes)

By |2016-04-27T19:24:19-04:00April 27th, 2016|2016, Academia, April, Debate / dialogue, Economics, Employment, Everything Else, Language, News, STEM|0 Comments

The master economy and student majors: should states grant incentives to students to select a particular course of study? Dorfman says no: The logic behind such proposals is that state funding should be concentrated on where it provides the highest return on investment, so humanities and other majors perceived as leading to low-paying jobs don’t [...]

17 03, 2016

Better scientists with liberal arts (Loretta Jackson-Hayes, Washington Post)

By |2016-03-17T17:37:38-04:00March 17th, 2016|2016, Academia, Everything Else, March, News, STEM, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

We become better scientists, the more we value the liberal arts. The author recounts how the liberal arts "unlocked" for her the true value of education, and her students in turn became more adroit at their science and their ability to communicate their ideas to others. She writes: Our culture has drawn an artificial line between art [...]

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