Interview 96: Scott Muir on “Debunking Myths about the Humanities”
- What does the National Humanities Alliance do
- What college majors are considered Humanities majors
- What does studythehumanities.org do and what is the toolkit
- How do Humanities majors do financially?
- What is the job satisfaction like for those with humanities degrees
- How does Study the Humanities work with faculty members
- What are the benefits to studying the humanities
- Why is the public perception of the humanities so different from the reality
- How the transition from college to your career path is more tricky for humanities majors
- The importance of your network and how this often really helps graduates with humanities degrees
- How humanities majors force you to understand people who are different than you
- How the ACMU and NACE do studies every year about what employers most value and he talks about how the humanities prepare people with those skills
- Scott goes on the hot seat.
- Scott shares his podcast, “What are you going to do with that”