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Re:If the University of Chicago Won't Defend the Humanities,... by DaSHacka on Sunday October 05, 2025 @04:47PM (#45485095)
> Except many STEM graduates are having a harder time finding jobs right now than liberal arts and humanities majors: https://www.newyorkfed.org/research/college-labor-market#--:....

Is that in both respective fields of study, though?

It aplears liberal arts/humanities majors are much more willing to work non-related jobs where their STEM collegues more strictly pursue relevant titles.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/christopherrim/2023/01/11/the-p...

Re:If the University of Chicago Won't Defend the Humanities,... by pvankessel on Sunday October 05, 2025 @05:33PM (#45485488)
Well that's kind of my point - liberal arts and humanities set you up with a very versatile baseline. With a proper education in those disciplines you learn how to think, and that's applicable to a wide range of fields. The woman I dated in grad school at UChicago studied war history and wound up being an analyst for a prominent wine auctioneering firm as a key researcher. My master's thesis was on the meaning of life, and now I'm running data science at a non-profit. So many of my fellow liberal arts grads have gone on to do incredible things entirely unrelated to their chosen subject of study.