<p>I wouldn’t go down that path entirely. In fact, the article suggests quite the opposite. While students in the STEM fields are generally challenged and also have a higher rate of gainful employment than liberal arts majors (nature of the beast), I read this article as saying that the things you learn as, say, a history major, can in some ways make you more marketable than what you learn as a business major. Or, put differently, the things you don’t learn as a business major (which is a BSE, not a BA) can potentially hinder marketability.</p>
<p>I think that business degree vs. arts & sciences degree makes for an interesting conversation piece. Engineering and nursing are both more of undergraduate professional programs than business and arts, as you get specific training in a discipline. When you enter the business world right after getting a degree in either business or A&S, you still need extensive training to be useful, so realistically, what are you getting out of your degree? I’ve been saying this for years, but I truly believe that when put into a job that requires extensive on-the-job training (i.e. any consulting job ever), what you would learn in a social sciences or humanities major - critical reasoning, writing, analytical thought - is arguably more valuable than a business major.</p>
<p>You are correct in saying that BAs are not practical, but there is a big difference between an impractical degree and a useless degree, and I would challenge the thought that an impractical degree would lead students to believe they learned nothing.</p>