Wednesday, January 14, 2004
The B.A. is Back
The Australian's "Higher Education" section today reveals that after far too many years of shrinking numbers, the Arts degree has jumped in demand this year:
The Australian's "Higher Education" section today reveals that after far too many years of shrinking numbers, the Arts degree has jumped in demand this year:
THE much-maligned arts degree is making a dramatic comeback in 2004, with universities reporting an increase in undergraduate applications of up to 22 per cent. A survey by The Australian of university application trends across the nation reveals a renewed interest in the once-favoured generalist degree, which suffered a decline in popularity in the 1990s as students veered towards more vocational degrees such as law, commerce and journalism. The greatest surge in enthusiasm for arts was at Victoria's Deakin University, which experienced a 22 per cent increase in applications to study the classic humanities degree.Personally, I think a rise in Arts enrolements is fantastic. You can't beat a generalist Arts undergraduate degree to build a thinking nation! (And it doesn't hurt to finally have some sign that a career path into Arts Academia isn't completely insane!).
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