Are majors in the liberal arts unprofitable? Are degrees in the fine and performing arts a waste of time and resources? Is going to college for computer science now impractical due to rising unemployment rates? Should we all just become plumbers? Current and near-future college students face a great deal of stress. The gravity of […]
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Is college worth it for those who want to pursue creative careers? Not exactly. With rising tuition costs, the argument for such an investment is at best weak. Creative paths do not necessarily require institution-backed credentials or certifications. Those wanting to pursue creative careers might think of getting a degree in Art or Dance, for […]
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Editor’s Note: The following is an excerpt from an article originally published on Heterodox Stem on July 6, 2025. With some edits to match Minding the Campus’s style guidelines, it is crossposted here with permission. The primary function of universities is to educate skilled labor. Within universities, skills are esteemed mainly by awarded degrees or titles and the […]
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The financial return to education is fiendishly hard to quantify for a host of legitimate reasons, including limited data availability and the need to account for unobservable counterfactuals. But it is also difficult because of cloudy thinking such as misinterpretations, survivorship bias, and faulty assumptions. The best example of misinterpretation concerns the decades-long run of […]
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