Major Trade-Offs (Record no. 66669)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780226840222
028 ## - DISTRIBUTOR NAME
Distributor Name : Zafaa Book & Distributors
Distributor address : 313/103A, H. No. 15, Tulsi Nagar, Inderlok, Delhi
Bill Number : ZBD0344
Bill Date : 12/12/2025
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 331.11 MOS
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Moss-pech, Corey.
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Major Trade-Offs
Remainder of title : The Surprising Truths About College Majors and Entry-Level Jobs.
Statement of responsibility, etc /Corey Moss-pech.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc , Chicago
Name of publisher, distributor, etc : University of Chicago Press
Date of publication, distribution, etc , 2025.
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Extent 212p.
Dimensions : 24cm.
365 ## - TRADE PRICE
Price amount 1410
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Summary, etc Humanities majors are used to answering the question, “So, what are you going to do with that degree?” The common misconception is that students in humanities programs don’t learn any useful skills for the real world. In Major Trade-Offs, sociologist Corey Moss-Pech argues that not only do humanities majors learn real-world skills, but they actually use them when they graduate. Despite this discrepancy, graduates with so-called practical degrees like business and engineering are much more likely to find employment, and they earn higher salaries. Why do we belittle a liberal arts education despite the valuable skills that students acquire during their studies?<br/> <br/>Major Trade-Offs addresses this question by following students from different majors as they enter the workforce. To understand the relationship between majors and entry-level jobs, Moss-Pech conducted nearly 200 interviews with roughly ninety students from four majors at a large Midwestern university: engineering, business, English, and communications. He follows these students through their senior years, chronicling their internships and the support their universities provide in helping them pursue their career paths. He found that graduates from practical majors entered the labor market successfully, typically through structured internship programs. However, many ended up in entry-level jobs that, while well-paid, were largely clerical and didn’t necessarily require a degree to perform. On the other hand, liberal arts majors rarely accessed structured internships and were largely left to carve out their own paths, but did use their degree skills once they secured a job. These results challenge popular myths about the “marketability” of these different majors and offer a new vision for the future of higher education. Liberal arts skills are essential in the labor market, and yet educators and policymakers still push resources into the practical arts, perpetuating the myth that those majors are more valuable while depriving students of a well-rounded education and leaving them no better prepared for the workforce than liberal arts students.<br/> <br/>Of interest to students, educators, and employers, Major Trade-Offs calls on colleges and universities to advocate for liberal arts majors, leveling the playing field for students as they plan for entry-level work.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Economics
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Personal name Corey Moss-pech
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