Re:ROI on a college degree depends what you study, not where
by Nadya on Wednesday May 04, 2016 @12:27PM
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>From my experience what you are describing is exactly psychology, which is a STEM field.
From my experiences, the rest of the STEM field doesn't take the social science parts (psychology, athropology, economics, political science) very seriously or even consider them STEM on a colloquial level (even if "officially" they are).
Re:ROI on a college degree depends what you study, not where
by jeffdavis on Wednesday May 04, 2016 @12:23PM
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That's a good point, and you could make similar claims about economics and political science (do those last two count as STEM?).
Oh well. I guess colleges want money, and they will find a way to make their customers happy.
And humanities disciplines are quite dissimilar as are STEM disciplines. Philosophy is generally fairly rigorous and difficult, communication is often not except when it encompasses fields like journalism, etc.
I think the bar for mediocrity is much lower in the humanities, but the bar for top-notch excellence is much higher. When two students complete an exam correctly, they are both great students who wrote down the correct answers as instructed. When two students write papers, you can actually tell that one of them is genuinely brilliant.