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Liberal arts advocacy
2016-09-03 23:51:35.410837+02 by
Dan Lyke
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Steven Pearlstein in the
Washington Post: Meet the parents who won’t let their children study literature:
It would be a mistake, of course, to attribute salary differences solely, or even
primarily, to the choice of major. One study by economists at Yale found that half
of the premium earned by STEM majors can be explained not by what they learned in college but
by the greater intelligence, diligence and other characteristics that they brought to those
majors in the first place. Or to put it another way, they would have earned more no matter
what they majored in.
Summary: RT
@AliceMazzy:
tfw you try to make a case for liberal arts but accidentally make one for
skipping college https://www.washingtonpost.com...erything/wp/2016/09/02/meet-the-
parents-who-wont-let-their-children-study-literature/
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