re: Angry Graduate Just Wrote This Letter To His University.

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I see liberal art degree holders all the time who are doing well and have good non-dead end jobs.

You just have to accept the fact that if you major in history or English or art history, that it is highly unlikely that you will find a job in those fields.

Employers do like liberal art majors for their critical thinking and analytical skills.

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Ditto. Liberal arts BA/MA holder right here who's gainfully employed in business.

I've said it before in the litany of threads on the subject, but degree discipline only gets you so far. What gets and keeps you on a good career trajectory are personality, work ethic, adaptability and writing skills.

You have a business admin degree? Fantastic, now string together a cogent paragraph to a client about the state of his or her account without sounding like someone who barely made it out of high school. My boss has said before that she'll automatically end an applicant's candidacy if he or she turns in a resume and/or cover letter littered with spelling or grammatical errors. If I'm hiring someone for a client-facing position which tasks them with writing briefs and creating presentations, an English degree is hardly a handicap.