Welcome!

Hello to all visitors! this blog aims to provide and promote 'information, value and access'

Monday, May 4, 2015

Yes or No to a Career in the Humanities ???

Majoring In The Humanities Does Pay Off, Just Later

From: Susan Adams, Forbes Staff, 22/1/2014
Majoring in the humanities seems like a bad idea these days. Employers don’t want to hire you, we hear, and when they do, they pay poorly (I’ve written three stories saying as much in the last two weeks). But a new study out today gives hope to liberal arts graduates.  ...But at least humanities graduates hold their own.

Liberal Arts Grads Win Long-Term

From: Allie Grasgreen, 22/1/2014
reporting on the US report  “How Liberal Arts and Sciences Majors Fare in Employment,”

Employers consistently say they want to hire people who have a broad knowledge base and can work together to solve problems, debate, communicate and think critically, the report notes – all skills that liberal arts programs aggressively, and perhaps uniquely, strive to teach.


 From: Dispatches from Drury's Humanities Division
 One fact about the Humanities that is well acknowledged is that studying it leads to personal satisfaction...Does this personal satisfaction come at a practical cost? Some will have you believe that students interested in the Humanities must choose between personal or economic satisfaction. Thankfully, the data does not support this re a recent study commissioned by the Academy of the Arts and Sciences (AAS) collected data on available jobs.

Salaries in the Humanities

From: Dispatches from Drury's Humanities Division

In addition to discussion about unemployment rates, it is important for people to have a good idea of the salary implications of majoring in the Humanities. Now, remember, here we are talking about only majoring in the Humanities. Double majoring in a Humanities field and in a non-Humanities field combines the power of the skill sets for both sides. Here, however, we focus just on single majors.
Humanities majors do well! On average they do make less than their non-Humanities counterparts, but not much less. In fact, particular Humanities fields, such as philosophy, history, and marketing, earn more at mid-career than the non-Humanities average. Additionally, philosophy majors (along with physics majors) see the largest start to mid-career salary boost – a whopping 104.5% increase over that period re the latest Georgetown study