{"product_id":"major-decisions","title":"Major Decisions","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA practical how-to guide for students and a powerful reminder of the value of a humanities education\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn recent decades, the humanities have struggled to justify themselves in the American university. The costs of attending a four-year college have exploded, resulting in intense pressure on students to major in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics), business, and other pre-professional or \"practical\" majors that supposedly transmit more marketable skills than can be acquired from the humanities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut, as Laurie Grobman and E. Michele Ramsey argue, this vision of humanities majors idly pondering the meaning of life for four years is inaccurate. \u003cem\u003eMajor Decisions\u003c\/em\u003e demonstrates how choosing a major in the humanities is a worthwhile investment in a global economy that is shifting in the direction of college graduates who think broadly, critically, and ethically. Indeed, the core skills and knowledge imparted by an education in the humanities--including facility with written and verbal communication, collaboration, problem-solving, technological literacy, ethics, leadership, and an understanding of the human impacts of globalization--are immensely useful to employers across a variety of sectors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMajor Decisions\u003c\/em\u003e serves as a deeply informative guide to students and parents--and provides a powerful reminder to employers and university administrators of the true value of an education in the humanities.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50014209442042,"sku":"9780812251982","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0840\/1253\/1962\/files\/imageloader_dcb8a6ce-8a7b-4812-b8c5-10bfdeaa4d8e.jpg?v=1786133954","url":"https:\/\/mindsourcebooks.com\/products\/major-decisions","provider":"Mind Source Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}