Major Decisions (eBook)

College, Career, and the Case for the Humanities

Laurie Grobman, E. Michele Ramsey (Autoren)

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2020
240 Seiten
University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc. (Verlag)
978-0-8122-9694-5 (ISBN)

Infos

A practical how-to guide for students and a powerful reminder of the value of a humanities educationIn recent decades, the humanities have struggled to justify themselves in the American university. The costs of attending a four-year college have exploded, resulting in intense pressure on students to major in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics), business, and other pre-professional or "e;practical"e; majors that supposedly transmit more marketable skills than can be acquired from the humanities.But, as Laurie Grobman and E. Michele Ramsey argue, this vision of humanities majors idly pondering the meaning of life for four years is inaccurate. Major Decisions demonstrates how choosing a major in the humanities is a worthwhile investment in a global economy that is shifting in the direction of college graduates who think broadly, critically, and ethically. Indeed, the core skills and knowledge imparted by an education in the humanitiesincluding facility with written and verbal communication, collaboration, problem-solving, technological literacy, ethics, leadership, and an understanding of the human impacts of globalizationare immensely useful to employers across a variety of sectors.Major Decisions serves as a deeply informative guide to students and parentsand provides a powerful reminder to employers and university administrators of the true value of an education in the humanities.

Autor

Laurie Grobman is Professor of English and Women's Studies at Penn State University, Berks. E. Michele Ramsey is Associate Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences and Women's Studies at Penn State University, Berks.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 13.3.2020
• Verlagsort: Philadelphia
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Schulbuch / Allgemeinbildende Schulen
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Didaktik
• Schlagworte: academic life • business • business major • Career • choosing a major • college and career • College Students • Counseling • Counselor • Creativity • Education • Employment • Graduation • higher education • Humanities • Innovation • Liberal Arts • Problem Solving • stem • undergraduate choosing major area study • University • what do employers want • what to do after graduation
• ISBN-10: 0-8122-9694-X / 081229694X
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8122-9694-5 / 9780812296945