Vox Education has an article updated on June 2, 2015 that discusses what folks of different liberal arts majors do with their degrees.
I think a lot of folks who are English majors think those are the only possible careers.
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Vox Education has an article updated on June 2, 2015 that discusses what folks of different liberal arts majors do with their degrees.
I think a lot of folks who are English majors think those are the only possible careers.
NPR on May 27, 2015 has a story by Julie Rovner on a medical school revamping requirements to lure English majors.
Dr. David Muller is Mount Sinai’s dean for medical education. One wall of his cluttered office is a massive whiteboard covered with to-do tasks and memorable quotations. One quote reads: “Science is the foundation of an excellent medical education, but a well-rounded humanist is best suited to make the most of that education.”
At first it is about Mount Sinai’s own program. Eventually, however, they get to the relevant parts for non-Mount Sinai students:
The effort has worked so well, in fact, that Mount Sinai is expanding it, opening it to students in any major from any college or university. Eventually half the class will be admitted via a slightly reconfigured program, which has a new name: FlexMed.