After my daughter got her BA in history, she decided to attend a one-year post graduate course in liberal studies, to which I gladly concurred, and we are both very happy about the experience she had.
This recent article in The Telegraph says why liberal studies are increasingly important in today's world, and you should read the whole thing closely. But I especially draw attention to the list provided by the authors of CEOs of giant modern high-technology companies who have degrees in the liberal arts (not engineering, mind you), including, prominently, history and English (see the third paragraph). I do NOT think, given everything I have written on matters educational before, that I need to add any comment of my own here. Do read.
I wish the parents who are still pushing their kids mindlessly into 'signs' studies so that they might somehow land low-level IT jobs could read and understand this article. There would be an instant revolution in India!
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