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天行健，君子以自强不息。地势坤，君子以厚德载物。——《周易》

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The?humanities:?Out?of?date

人文学科：过时了吗

When?the?going?gets?tough,?the?tough?takeaccounting.?When?the?job?market?worsen

s,?manystudents?calculate?they?cant?major?in?English?orhistory.?They?have?to?s

tudy?something?that?booststheir?prospects?of?landing?a?job.

当形势变得困难时，强者会去选学会计。当就业市场恶化时，许多学生估算着他们不能再主

修英语或历史。他们得学一些能改善他们就业前景的东西。

The?data?show?that?as?students?have?increasingly?shouldered?the?ever-rising?cos

t?of?tuition,they?have?defected?from?the?study?of?the?humanities?and?toward?appt?of?tuition,they?have?defected?from?the?study?of?the?humanities?and?toward?app

ords,?a?college?education?is?more?andmore?seen?as?a?means?for?economic?betterme

nt?rather?than?a?means?for?human??is?a?trend?that?is?likely?to?persist?and?even

accelerate.

数据显示，随着学生肩负的学费不断增加，他们已从学习人文学科转向他们相信有益于将来

就业的应用科学和“硬”技能。换言之，大学教育越来越被看成是改善经济而不是提升人类

自身的手段。这种趋势可能会持续，甚至有加快之势。

Over?the?next?few?years,?as?labor?markets?struggle,?the?humanities?will?probabl

y?continue?theirlong?slide?in?succession.?There?already?has?been?a?nearly?50?pe

rcent?decline?in?the?portion?ofliberal?arts?majors?over?the?past?generation,?a

nd?it?is?logical?to?think?that?the?trend?is?boundto?continue?or?even?accelerat

e.?Once?the?dominant?pillars?of?university?life,?the?humanities?nowplay?little?

roles?when?students?take?their?college?tours.?These?days,?labs?are?more?vivid?a

ndcompelling?than?libraries.

在未来几年内，由于劳动力市场的不景气，人文学科可能会继续其长期低迷的态势。在上一

代大学生中，主修文科的学生数跌幅已近50%。这种趋势会持续、甚至加速的想法是合情合

理的。人文学科曾是大学生活的重要支柱，而今在学生们参观校园的时候，却只是一个小点

缀。现在，实验室要比图书馆更栩栩如生、受人青睐。

Here,?please?allow?me