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But as higher education has expanded across the board, the popularity of the liberal arts—which has no direct professional application, save in academia—has decreased, particularly since so many undergraduates seek lucrative jobs in finance, law, and medicine. According to English professor Louis Menand, who...

Author: By Francesca T. Gilberti, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: What's The Use? | 3/19/2008 | See Source »

Pencz, a joint government and economics concentrator, has goals for the future that rest far from the liberal arts education he came to Harvard to pursue: his dream is a job in finance. Because of that, Pencz sees liberal arts differently than those who seek careers in the Ivory Tower...

Author: By Francesca T. Gilberti, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: What's The Use? | 3/19/2008 | See Source »

Like many others who choose Harvard over schools with majors like business and finance but still end up on Wall Street, Pencz sees his liberal arts education as a way to supplement his résumé. Extracurricular activities play a key role in preparing Pencz for his desired future...

Author: By Francesca T. Gilberti, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: What's The Use? | 3/19/2008 | See Source »

“In finance, you do all that recruiting, but it’s completely disconnected from your education,” says Charlotte L. Kemper ’07, a former History and Literature concentrator, who now works at Fidelity Investments. While she says that her Harvard education...

Author: By Francesca T. Gilberti, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: What's The Use? | 3/19/2008 | See Source »

The central bank debacle is just the latest example of paralysis. After months of bickering over Fukui's successor, DPJ politicians last week rejected Fukuda's first nominee, BoJ deputy governor Toshiro Muto, and this week shot down his second choice, Koji Tanami, the governor of the Japan Bank for...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bank of Japan Left Leaderless | 3/19/2008 | See Source »

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