Recent US data suggests that a liberal arts education may not be such a bad thing after all as regards employment prospects, flying in the face of coventional wisdom.
For example, art history graduates are more likely to be employed than computer engineering grads (3% unemployment, compared to 7.5%). The theory is that liberal arts graduates are more adaptable and flexible, able to move between different job types and industries. They also tend to be more creative and willing to think outside the box than computer science geeks (sorry, grads).
Other research papers suggest that jobs requiring AI tools are much more likely to require social, cognitive, language and interpersonal skills, all areas in which arts graduates supposedly excel, and computing graduates most definitely do not.
It all seems a bit improbable to me, but that's what we're told. Certainly, my 30-year old daughter has many friends who are in full employment, but the only ones who are buying houses are coding and computer science specialists...
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