Maybe we should have listened to the sound advice of our parents when we
told them we were pursuing a degree in art history and they responded
"What kind of
job are you going get with that?!"

Amy Kleinert

On Mon, 19 Jun 2000, Adrienne DeAngelis wrote:

> IMHO, many advisors in these and related programs do not concern
> themselves with where their graduates are going to end up.  Their interest
> is in maintaining enrollments in their own classes and programs.  I've
> even heard one department head state that students who enrolled in that
> particular program instead of at least going to one at a bigger and more
> prestigious university were probably not going to be able to compete for
> these positions in the real world.
>
> Adrienne DeAngelis
>
> On Tue, 20 Jun 2000, John A. Bing wrote:
>
> > The thought that goes through my mind is: where were the course and
> > career advisors when these people were signing up for graduate degrees
> > in a profession that is in long supply and so notoriously low paid.
>   ...
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