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The 5 subjects proven to give undergrads the best wage premium

University Business

Despite declining higher education enrollment rates beginning in 2010, undergraduate degrees in engineering and computer science are continuing to see substantial growth most likely due to the high lifetime wage earnings they promise, according to a new study published by Sage Journals. ” Researchers analyzed survey data from 5.8

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Number of Ph.D.s conferred dropped 5.4% in 2021

Inside Higher Ed

percent between 2020 and 2021, the steepest decline ever for the NSF’s annual census of new Ph.D.s. In numbers, 52,250 research doctorates were awarded across fields in 2021. The survey period for the forthcoming report ran from July 2020 to June 2021, a full year of the pandemic. production in 2021 to COVID-19.

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Parroting romanticized myths about English and humanities (letter)

Inside Higher Ed

” What he cites is not scientific and excludes basic humanity and context, the fundamentals of the historical human sciences. There is a significant literature from the 1930s on of which Newman, Heller, and too many humanities professors seem unaware. Illogically, we remained isolationist and separatist.

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Starting Salaries for Bachelor’s Degrees in Traditionally Higher-Paying Disciplines Leveling Off

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Employers that responded to NACE’s Winter 2023 Salary Survey are expecting to pay Class of 2023 graduates with bachelor’s degrees in engineering ($74,405) and math and sciences ($67,199) average salaries just 0.7% The average starting salary for bachelor’s degree graduates in computer science is expected to decrease by 4.0%

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College Degree Still Sound Investment, Despite Rising Tuition

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Liang Zhang “Our cost-benefit analysis finds that on average a college degree offers better returns than the stock market,” said study coauthor Dr. Liang Zhang, a professor of higher education at New York University’s Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development. It relied on 2009–2021 data from the U.S.

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English-taught programs outside the ‘Big Four’ tripled in 10 years

The PIE News

In 2021, the ‘Big Four’ anglophone destinations (the UK, the US, Canada and Australia) offered 82% of global English-taught, on-campus program. Meanwhile, Turkey, Italy, and Portugal recorded the highest growth in Europe since 2021. The Big Four’s share of all English-taught programs has dropped to 78% in 2024.

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US liberal arts could shift focus to help post-study work options

The PIE News

Humanities departments in the US may need to shift their focus so international students can find better post-study work and garner a “wider variety” of international enrolments, stakeholders have suggested. We pretty much have three options as international humanities majors. It prepares you for any job, anywhere.