Drew
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Dear UConn, stop neglecting the humanities in favor of STEM.
The University of Connecticut does not care about non-STEM students.
Many UConn students in the humanities have had this suspicion, this feeling, that their friends in the STEM disciplines were better taken care of by the university. It’s like how kids know which sibling is the favorite but can never actually prove it because of tight-lipped parents.
Well, UConn president Susan Herbst just admitted she prefers Johnny to Sally because Johnny makes more money for the family and Sally sort of has her head in the clouds.
Here are Herbst’s words, which are more cautious, but still point to the same conclusion:
“The humanities and social sciences are tougher, it’s a much more difficult job market…I do think they [the humanities] do get less play than the STEM fields,” Herbst said. “STEM just takes a lot of money…I don’t expect the humanities…to bring in great external resources…We hope to invent – put revenue where it generates revenue.”
The University of Connecticut does not care about non-STEM students.
Many UConn students in the humanities have had this suspicion, this feeling, that their friends in the STEM disciplines were better taken care of by the university. It’s like how kids know which sibling is the favorite but can never actually prove it because of tight-lipped parents.
Well, UConn president Susan Herbst just admitted she prefers Johnny to Sally because Johnny makes more money for the family and Sally sort of has her head in the clouds.
Here are Herbst’s words, which are more cautious, but still point to the same conclusion:
“The humanities and social sciences are tougher, it’s a much more difficult job market…I do think they [the humanities] do get less play than the STEM fields,” Herbst said. “STEM just takes a lot of money…I don’t expect the humanities…to bring in great external resources…We hope to invent – put revenue where it generates revenue.”