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see here: http://www.businessinsider.com/logitech-ceo-bracken-darrell-loves-hiring-english-majors-2013-6

This article repeats some of the misinformation about the humanities in decline, but it does get this right: employers currently expect college grads to be prepared for the workplace right out of college. The old idea of on-the-job training is now called an internship, and students need to gain this experience while in college in…

Or: why philosophy is an excellent major. See here:  http://grasp.dk/why-future-business-leaders-need-philosophy/

There has been a burst of commentary this summer on the humanities crisis (or non-crisis), largely in response to two reports. One was conducted by Harvard University (found here) and the other by a national commission sponsored by the AAAS, titled The Heart of the Matter. Both reports sound alarm bells about the decline of…

It’s true that this article reflects one employer’s view. But this view aligns with the research in Academically Adrift and a lot of other direct testimony by forward-thinking employers. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steve-strauss/hiring-english-majors_b_3484409.html *thanks to Kristen Matthews for link

A few universities in Great Britain and Holland are moving away from specialization. The argument being that the modern economy requires increasing flexibility and forward thinking. Is this change the sign of a new trend? read here: http://rendezvous.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/14/the-new-case-for-liberal-arts/

Tom Friedman writes today in the NYT about a new kind of HR/job training company – a start-up focused on bridging the gap between job-seekers and job-creators in the so-called “new” economy. Citing the CEO, Eleonora Sharef: “The market is broken on both sides… Many applicants don’t have the skills that employers are seeking, and…

http://humanities.byu.edu/humanities_plus/

Listen to Markus Smith, Matt Wickman and Scott Sprenger discuss the current state of the humanities in the U.S. http://media.byub.org/mp3/fmarchive/thinkingaloud/2013/5/ta130523.mp3

The show will air on Thursday, May 23 at 11:00 am and 8:00 pm on Classical 89 and 11:30 am and 6:00 pm on BYU Radio. It will also be archived at BYU Radio.