College students are choosing to forego humanities majors in favor of more practical options with experts citing high costs and an aversion to partisan ideology
Fewer than one in 10 students graduated with a humanities degree in 2020, a 24 percent decline since 2012, according to the American Academy for Arts and Sciences. Experts signal that high college costs have led students to be more practical starting about 15 years ago when the economy was in major recession.
"Students are carrying more of the load for the cost of an education, and that means they want to make sure they can pay off their loans," Dr. Tamara Harvey, the English chair at George Mason University told Fox News. Emanuel said the drop in students pursuing humanities majors began about 15 years ago during the recession, and has continued to progress to this day.
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