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Axios.com -- The Dying Humanities Degree September 18, 2018 8:49 pm mcfly

https://www.axios.com/stem-humanities-degree-dying-college-higher-education-b26771fa-ad7e-41b2-a90a-5eca050fec2a.html

Well…all things considered, things could be worse. IMHO, scientific illiteracy is a particularly troublesome form of ignorance. Not that study of the humanities fails to sharpen the mind, I’m confident that it does–but the growth of STEM education is a huge benefit to humanity (again, just my opinion).

Besides, there will always be those who are drawn to the humanities…and the rest will still need electives…

Follow-up by ER 2018-09-21 09:17:50
Monument to ignorance by RobVG 2018-09-21 08:13:45
I can argue both sides of this. by ER 2018-09-19 08:33:21