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An article from The Conversation highlights how history majors have an edge in the business world.
According to the article, the assumption “that a humanities or liberal arts degree has far less employment potential than one in STEM” is false. “In a study of 2,262 corporate leaders who majored in the humanities in college, more than one-third had studied history. … It’s in the humanities and liberal arts, after all, that students learn about the complexities of human behavior – which is useful when trying to understand consumer behavior, users’ needs and interpersonal relationships in the business world.”