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The Value of a Liberal Arts Education in Landing a Job

North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory made waves last week when he said on syndicated radio that he wants to encourage the funding of four-year programs that align with the job market — not those, like gender studies, that do little to help a graduate’s employment prospects.

This was covered in a pointed column for The Wall Street Journal by Jane Shaw, the president of the John William Pope Center of Higher Education Policy in Raleigh, N.C. Shaw supports McCrory’s attempt to roil the higher education establishment and get students — heaven forbid — thinking about job prospects when they pick a major:

by Joshua Wright

Full Story: http://www.newgeography.com/content/003564-the-value-a-liberal-arts-education-landing-a-job

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