From James Grossman, Executive Director of the American Historical Association, quoted in Sandhya Kambhampati’s article “Measuring Humanities Degrees Misses Much of Their Value.” (HT: Peter Powers)
I don’t see why we are fixated on the single category of income as a measure of success…If humanities majors tend to become teachers, social workers, clergy, does that mean they are less successful than money managers or engineers?…Instead of assuming these humanities majors are less successful, we ought to be thanking them for being willing to make financial sacrifices in their careers to provide our communities with essential resources….
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