Dear Readers,
Please allow me this personal rant in support of a liberal arts education. You see, the Governor of the State of Florida has recently gone on record as saying that he believes tax dollars should only support math and science higher education degrees because, after all, who needs another anthropologist. (Yes, he did say disparage anthropology.)
I was a sociology major in college and use it every day in my job. My husband was a political science major. He had a long career in pro sports and now works for a nonprofit. My daughter was a theatre major. She teaches drama and works as a voice over artist. My son, the philosophy major, works in marketing for a sports company. What do we all have in common besides a liberal arts degree? We can write coherently, we can critically think our way out of a problem, and we’re great strategic planners. And, yes, we all have a job.
The idea that public universities, or in this case Florida public universities, would limit liberal arts types of degrees, just proves the lack of understanding about what these types of degrees bring to the work force. For example, Groupon was founded by someone who majored in music. And, of course, where would our knowledge and even science be without famous anthropologists such as Margaret Mead and Mary Leakey.
The nonprofit world relies on all types of people with a wide variety of degrees to create and serve their various constituencies.
Education of all types is critical to a well-functioning society. Or as a friend of mine said, liberal arts people are the ones who hire the science and math types.
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