The New Liberal Arts Up to half of new graduates, by some estimates, are finding themselves jobless or underemployed. Why? As Andrew Sum, the director of the Center for Labor Market Studies at Northeastern University said, “Simply put, we’re failing kids coming out of college.” Recent pieces in The Atlantic and The Weekly Standard (claiming that the proponents of […]
British liberal arts university hits trouble after benefactor’s death Richmond, the American International University in London, created almost 50 years ago by Cyril Taylor, an entrepreneur and educational consultant, has held talks on a possible merger in recent months with various groups, including New York University and Northeastern University, after a tussle with the Cyril Taylor Charitable Foundation, which is its main backer.
U.S. News University Liberal arts schools address skills gap with experiential learning While most college students grapple with concerns about their potential employment following graduation, liberal arts majors often face particularly worrisome odds. Fortunately, a recent study by the National Association of Colleges and Employers found that conditions have certainly improved, with more graduates holding a bachelor’s degree in communications, visual and performing arts or related disciplines […]
Taking a turn to tech from a liberal arts background ELLEN DAOUST graduated from Smith College in 2009 with a degree in government and Spanish and an interest in communications, but no real idea of how to turn that into a career. But after three years in the national service program AmeriCorps, where she worked with video while involved in community and youth development, and eight […]
Is an Education in the Liberal Arts Important? The results of two separate surveys were announced the week of September 16 that provide very interesting insights into the American job market. One addressed the opinions of those who hire candidates for jobs and the other reported on the salaries of those who get hired. Inside Higher Ed reported on a survey conducted for […]
U.S. News college rankings: The big gainers and big decliners over three years Here is The Post’s review of major movement on the U.S. News national universities list since the 2010-11 edition, released three years ago. The analysis encompasses schools that were on the top 200 lists this year and three years ago. (Yes, we know there is a national liberal arts list too. We’ll try to look at that […]
Northeastern ‘to preserve Mills mission’ as global empire grows The campus, Northeastern’s 10th satellite, is currently a long-established women-only racially diverse liberal arts institution of architectural gems and manicured lawns in the forested hills overlooking downtown Oakland, twice the size of its new parent university’s Boston home.
Pioneering UK interdisciplinary university to open next autumn In the UK, the private New College of the Humanities, which opened in 2012, offers degrees in a mixture of liberal arts subjects, although it has grown slowly and was acquired earlier this year by the Boston-based Northeastern University.
The Degree Rules, for Now Recent headlines have touted the move by several big employers to stop requiring new hires to hold college degrees. Meanwhile, a drumbeat of studies show increasing labor market returns for degrees, and employers say they value the critical thinking skills of liberal arts graduates. These seemingly oppositional trends are both real and on display in a new report from Northeastern University’s Center for the Future […]
Money Magazine Find a skills boot camp that fits your job needs Level, a new two-month boot camp from Northeastern University, that focuses on data analytics can be an alternative to a full graduate degree program. The goal in coming years is to offer programming in a similar format in a variety of disciplines, including engineering, health, and liberal arts, says Nick Ducoff, vice president for new […]
A complete education With the release of his new book, In Defense of a Liberal Education, journalist Fareed Zakaria became the latest commentator to join the robust debate over whether the purpose of college is to promote professional advancement or personal growth. The debate typically contrasts the self-betterment offered by the liberal arts — usually meaning the humanities […]
Fewer Students Are Majoring In Computer Science, Education And English Based on the steady coverage of how humanities are losing their popularity, tales of woe about art and psychology graduates making minuscule salaries, and the drum beat to push students towards STEM degrees, you might think the liberal arts is dying in favor of technical majors. The truth is a little more complicated. Ben Schmidt at Northeastern University put together the […]