今天華爾街日報的評論欄目，讓讀者評論大學人文專業的衰落， 我馬上就想到文城教育壇的現狀， 看看來自哈佛的評論

連哈佛英文專業都要揭不開鍋了， 哈。

The Rise of STEM

The decline of liberal-arts majors is a function of the zero-sum nature of degrees: more computer-science majors means fewer English majors. Thus, we should think about this trend less as the decline of liberal arts and more as the rise of STEM. Much of this, too, is driven by women, who were disproportionately likely to pursue humanities degrees, now entering STEM fields at a higher rate.

The cause of this trend remains to be seen. If you look at student surveys, pecuniary factors weigh on their minds when choosing a major, but it’s not the only influence. A survey of Northwestern students, for example, found that parental approval and course enjoyment were the most important factors in major choice. At Harvard, the average English major can expect to make six figures 10 years after graduation, yet the department still teeters on the edge of extinction, with English majors reportedly declining by about 75% by the start of the pandemic.

A decline in liberal-arts degrees is also as much a reflection of changing preferences on the part of admissions officers as it is of changing student preferences. Given the precipitous drops in liberal-arts degrees, however, admissions offers will likely try to counterbalance this trend in the years to come by accepting more liberal-arts students and fewer STEM applicants.

—Aden Barton, Harvard University, economics

所有跟帖： 

• Has something to do with the booming of new immigrants -fakegreen- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/29/2023 postreply 06:55:22

• Teachers colleges probably also declined a lot -fakegreen- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/29/2023 postreply 06:58:51

• 搞便宜了，人文專業才讀得起 -tibuko- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/29/2023 postreply 07:05:16

• 難道不是相反像日本那樣，新聞說日本公立大學要取消所有文科 -Amita- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/29/2023 postreply 07:12:09

• 原因很多，高學費是一大原因，使得學生選專業時不得不考慮將來的工作能不能還得起貸款 -STEMkid- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/29/2023 postreply 07:07:29

• 比如歐洲，文科沒有像美國那樣下降那麽嚴重，一大原因是歐洲學費少甚至全免 -STEMkid- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/29/2023 postreply 07:11:36

• 歐洲失業率那麽高，還不是一回事 -Amita- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/29/2023 postreply 07:12:50

• 兩碼事，公司又不是因為stem學生少招不到人 -STEMkid- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/29/2023 postreply 07:15:02

• 他們難道沒想過，主要原因是文科教育質量大幅下降？ -甘家口的巷子- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/29/2023 postreply 07:09:19

• 我感覺文城在這方麵是領先全美國的，早就是CS一統天下， 開先鋒之路。 -WaldenPond- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/29/2023 postreply 07:10:41

• 起碼早了6-8年。我老大就是滾滾熱浪中學計算機的。本來也是沒方向，喜歡數學，物理。本來要讀物理專業，但也不反對學計算機， -yzhl888- ♀ (111 bytes) () 03/29/2023 postreply 07:55:36

• 認識的和我同齡的學物理的100%都轉行了。其中還有Ivy畢業的 -rr6mumu- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/29/2023 postreply 09:05:17

• , -randomness- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/29/2023 postreply 07:12:01

• 哈佛足夠有錢了，但是， 好像也不能給人文專業學生全部免費。 那樣其他專業會抗議的。 -WaldenPond- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/29/2023 postreply 07:20:40

• 文科不教思辨了，隻琢磨著喊口號估計不行啊 -大西洋裏來的人- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/29/2023 postreply 07:12:00

• 原文誰貼一下唄。 -gossipgirl8- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/29/2023 postreply 07:52:48