ACLS In the News: Joy Connolly On the Job Market for Humanities Majors

ACLS President Joy Connolly is quoted in a recent WGBH News piece, “From Robin Hood to resumes: The humanities get a job market makeover,” which aired Thursday, May 1, 2025, and was also featured in The Hechinger Report.

It is true that the immediate job after college for humanities majors is often less well-compensated than the first job for someone who’s working as a coder… But later on in the career, those numbers even out.

WGBH News: From Robin Hood to resumes: The humanities get a job market makeover

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