Leaders in higher education often ask us how they might make a case for the humanities, when students and parents are so deeply concerned about their economic futures. The answers lie in the very numbers that are so often cited as admonitions against the field.

Yes, humanities majors make less than engineers and graduates from the physical sciences; if a student's aptitudes and interests point to those disciplines, they certainly should be encouraged to focus their energies there. But if their interests lean toward the humanities, the evidence is clear - majoring in the humanities is not a path to poverty... Read more from The Chronicle of Higher Education [pdf]