阅读理解
On21st-centurycampusesisthereroomstillfortraditionalliteraturesuchasShake-speare?
AdecliningnumberofstudentsthinkSOintheUS-atrendthatworriesleadersatmanytopuniversitieswhereengineersoftenoutnumberhumanity(人文学科)students.
Seekingtostimulateinterestintheliberalarts.StanfordUniversitylastmonthheldanactivitywhichwasdesignedtoinspirefreshmendreamsbeyondcooljobssuchasworkingatGoogle.
The1718incomingstudents-nearlyhalfofwhomarriveintendingtomajorinthesciencesorengineering-listenedtoalectureorganizedbytheCollegeofHumanitiesandArts.
“We'retryingtobreaktheideathatcollegeisjustsomethingtogetthroughonyourwaytoacareer”saidDebraSatzassociatedeanforHumanitiesandArts.
Inthemid-60smorethan1in3Stanfordstudentsmajoredinlanguagesliteraturetheartshistoryandculturalstudies.By1995onlyaboutlin10did-afigurethathash'tchangedmuchinadecade.Meanwhileinterestinengineeringmathandcomputersciencehasclimbed.
GeoffreyHarphamdirectoroftheNationalHumanitiesCentersaidthehumanitiesmustbereinvigorated(复兴)andayevitaltotheUS'future.
ButforstudentsintheGreatRecession(经济大萧条)thesirensong(诱惑)ofsciencecanbetoughtoresist.Economicanxietyiswell-groundedaccordingtoanarialysisshowingthattheearningsofworkerswhomajoredinengineeringwereupto50.percenthigherthantheearningsofthosewhomajoredinthehumanities.
“Shakespearewasn'tinthehumanitiesforthemoney.Ifyou'reallaboutthemoney.youwouldn'tgothere”Satzsaid.Butsheadded“humanitiesstudentswholahdjobsintech-intensivefieldsdo.justfine.”
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