“I don’t see why we are fixated on the single category of income as a measure of success,” James R. Grossman, executive director of the American Historical Association, wrote in an email to The Chronicle. “If humanities majors tend to become teachers, social workers, clergy, does that mean they are less successful than money managers or engineers?
“Instead of assuming these humanities majors are less successful, we ought to be thanking them for being willing to make financial sacrifices in their careers to provide our communities with essential resources,” he wrote. —The Chronicle of Higher Education.
Similar:
A surprising detail in bank records helped a historian bust a longstanding myth about Iris...
Microsoft is once again asking Chrome users to try Bing through unblockable pop-ups
Interesting use of A.I. in a radiology journal
My colleague @crissycp offers warm soda bread and tea every year, as part of her authentic...
What Deathbed Visions Teach Us About Living
A certain potions instructor is done with everything after submitting midterm grades. (Har...
Jamie Fornsaglio Hull liked this on Facebook.
Karissa Kilgore liked this on Facebook.
I don’t know anyone who sees income as the “single category” of value. But it matters. One also can have a vocation to be financially solvent, to support a family, and to explore new ways of being a humanist in the world.