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Liberal arts advocacy

2016-09-03 23:51:35.410837+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

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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