I am glad to see you mentioned the situation at FAU being that I am a graduate student at that university in the Women's Studies department. When I heard that they were going to close our graduate program with the (posted to What does the economy mean for Women's Studies? )
Just real quick--an e-mail linking to this post was sent out to our listserv, which possibly explains why two or three other USF students joined the discussion. (posted to What does the economy mean for Women's Studies? )
You're absolutely right about that. I recently read an article (it was from a couple years ago, but I only just found it) that pointed out that a lot of women take impractical majors that will not enable them to (posted to What does the economy mean for Women's Studies? )
You can get an 'education' for free at the public library, or by auditing courses at public colleges. You pay tens of thousands of dollars to get a degree - and that degree enables you to get high paying jobs (posted to What does the economy mean for Women's Studies? )
Think about it - the business grads make a whole lot more money than you do. So yes, their degrees are more valuable than yours in raw market terms (the only terms that matter in our capitalist society). That's why (posted to What does the economy mean for Women's Studies? )
