You Can Do Anything: The Surprising Power of a "Useless" Liberal Arts Education
George Anders
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You Can Do Anything: The Surprising Power of a "Useless" Liberal Arts Education
George Anders
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In earnest and lucid support of a counterintuitive idea, Anders tells the stories of liberal arts majors who have managed to establish themselves in all kinds of careers... Though he isn’t writing from the perspective of someone out to save liberal education, he does seem worried about its future, and his book offers a way to stop or slow the trend of dwindling numbers of liberal arts majors ...In a time of anxiety about student debt and the future of the workplace, Anders’s stories of career success speak to visceral concern.
...George Anders’s You Can Do Anything: The Surprising Power of a ‘Useless’ Liberal Arts Education is meant to inspire students to recognize how a multifaceted undergraduate experience can aid them in the workplace.
While You Can Do Anything and A Practical Education supply useful talking points in support of the financial viability of studying the liberal arts, they may arouse more fear than hope.
Forbes contributor Anders offers encouraging advice for students worried about choosing a college, a major, or finding a job after graduation.