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The authors of “Fear of Being Useful,” a recent article in Inside Higher Ed, expose the fallacies in what passes for conventional wisdom on  humanities degrees–that they’re a waste of time, a ticket to unemployment, and so on. Their survey of the types of communicative and thinking skills valued by the modern marketplace holds out…

From the NLSC website: The National Language Service Corps, NLSC, is a group of individuals like you, who can speak, listen and understand English and other languages. These individuals (known as “NLSC Members”) make themselves available to help others in times of emergency or crisis wherever that may be. They have the opportunity to help…

The UNDP International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth (IPC-IG) offers internships to graduate students in Brazil in the following areas: Communications, Outreach and Advocacy. Details here: http://pressroom.ipc-undp.org/get-involved/internship-programme/

The State Dept just created a new e-internship program that you can paricipate in without leaving home. See details here: http://www.state.gov/vsfs/ 

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Visit http://opsf.byu.edu/ for information on the following scholarship opportunities: Harry S. Truman Scholarship Are you a junior planning on working in civil or public service? The Truman scholarship funds $30,000 for senior year and graduate school for students who have plans to work in a broadly defined public service capacity. Deadline: December 2, 2011. National…

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is currently accepting applications for internships in their Wash. D.C. offices. Here are some of the possibilities: Office of Communications Office of Publications Division of Education Programs Division of Preservation and Access Office of the General Counsel BYU students can apply for these directly and are eligible for…

You’ve heard the story: our modern economy demands more and more students to pursue scientific and technical fields to keep up the pace of growth.Given the exorbitant costs of a college education, students should be discouraged from pursuing frivolous, non-productive fields such as the arts and humanities. And so on… A recent article from the…

Florida Gov. Rick Scott recently argued that Florida needs to refocus attention and tax dollars on math, science and engineering in order to spur job creation. He wants to do this, however, at the expense of liberal arts majors, pointing to anthropology in particular as a frivolous pursuit. Arizona State University president points out the…

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