CONNECT YOUR ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
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The Interviewer Asks Skeptically: “Why an English degree?”
The student answers: “Your company will teach me the industry. My degree taught me to learn, analyze, and think through complex issues. It’s also taught me to communicate effectively through writing and speech. That’s what I’ll bring to your company.” The manager stated that he was very skeptical, and not sure why he was interviewing…
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What College Is For
From the Chronicle of Higher Ed: “What makes the American college experience valuable–and how can we preserve it? Andrew Delbanco, director of American studies at Columbia University, wrestles with those questions in his new book, College: What It Was, Is, and Should Be. He spoke with us about why liberal education is a principle worth…
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Impact of Study Abroad vs. Overseas Internship
Excerpt: For students who hope to gain the most career impact from study abroad, results indicate that they should choose an internship as part of their curriculum. Remarkably, 70 percent of intern respondents reported that study abroad ignited interest in a career direction pursued after the experience, compared to 60 percent of non-intern respondents. In…
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Canadian B-Schools Leading Out on Internationalization
Excerpt: At Canadian universities, business schools are light-years ahead of the rest of the campus in raising their global profile. Intensive foreign-student-recruitment efforts, friendly Canadian immigration rules, mandatory study-abroad requirements, and, in some cases, the option to pursue programs in multiple languages have combined to pack a punch in recent years. More here: http://chronicle.com/article/In-Canada-Business-Schools/131388/
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Both Science and Liberal Arts Are Required for 21st Century Says President of Duke U.
Excerpt: “We also need to make clear that in promoting the humanities, we are not deriding the sciences or encouraging trade-offs between the two. For the health of our society, we need to train minds that have learned plural disciplines and can move freely among them. Our colleagues in China and Singapore are trying to…
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Not So Good News for Law School Grads
Thinking of law school? Make sure to go with your eyes wide open. This recent piece in the Atlantic argues that the law school “bubble” has popped: http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/03/pop-goes-the-law-school-bubble/254792/
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Former CEO of Lockheed Martin Comments in WSJ on the Necessity of Humanistic Study for Engineers
Excerpt:“In fact, students who are exposed to more modern methods of history education–where critical thinking and research are emphasized–tend to perform better in math and science. As a case in point, students who participate in National History Day–actually a year-long program that gets students in grades 6-12 doing historical research–consistently outperform their peers on state…
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General Dempsey, Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff, on Studying English Literature
General Dempsey argues eloquently how the study of English has been invaluable to his military career. Watch here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUot1pdHbYg&feature=youtu.be&t=55m37s
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What Types of Jobs Do Liberal Arts Majors Get?
See here: http://blog.questia.com/2012/03/liberal-arts-education-in-the-workplace-what-can-you-do-with-a-liberal-arts-degree/
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Why Study Fiction in Economic Hard Times? The Answer May Surprise You
http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/director/publications/humanitiesvalue.pdf
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