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A liberal arts education provides multidimensional knowledge essential in today’s world.
In recent years, the STEM-focused education has pushed the liberal arts to the sidelines.
Society needs engineers, doctors, and scientists, but these roles don’t just come from pure science-focused courses.
Engineers need to learn how to collaborate with others, doctors need to learn how to empathize with their patients, and scientists need to ponder moral and ethical decisions.
All of these skills are taught through a liberal arts education.
It not only enhances students’ critical thinking and communication, but also offer Transferable knowledge that provides a broad skill set that can be used in any field.
Brad Smith, President of Microsoft emphasized The importance of a liberal arts degree in the STEM world.
There’s more than just code when it comes to creating artificial intelligence technology.
Self-driving car developers are already struggling with an ethical dilemma regarding accidents. Saving a driver, a passenger, or a pedestrian is not an easy mathematical equation to solve.
We need a humane approach.
Another concern with liberal arts education is the return on investment. His 10-year salary for most liberal arts careers was $62,000, which is 40% of his salary. low Higher than the 10-year average median salary for a STEM degree.
But 40 years of salary from a liberal arts education Rise Nearly 1 million, 25% higher than STEM degrees.
Concerns about financial compensation are valid, as they raise the question of whether liberal arts graduates are adequately paid for their work.
Teachers are one of many low-paid professions, even though they have one of the most important jobs of teaching the next generation of children.
Governor Greg Abbott pressed For voucher programs that transfer money from public schools to private schools.
Money is disappearing from the public education system that affects not only students but also teachers.
More than half of teachers plan finish Their work due to burnout and lack of support in the field. Too many vacancies force the remaining teachers to pick up the slack from the vacant places.
It’s safe to say that these teachers are not paid for the extra work they have to do.
Black and Hispanic teachers taller than Leaving behind racial disparities in education and percentages that raise concerns about the types of schools that struggle the most.
With that in mind, liberal arts education is under-appreciated in the same way as STEM education, even though they share the same goal of creating a better society.
Both are equally important for innovating future projects and progress.
The only difference between the two is their approach.
One is more systematic and technical, while the other combines several soft skills to ensure that ideas come to fruition smoothly.
Rather than pitting these two fields against each other, academia should focus on combining their respective strengths to build a more inclusive future.
The government should also make efforts to ensure that liberal arts students are adequately compensated for their work.
Merging these two fields is essential for the progress of society.
Cindy Rivas Alfaro is a sophomore in journalism, [email protected]
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