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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
John Vukmirovich

STEM may be the hot career field, but don’t forget the humanities

Students walk through campus at the University of Illinois Chicago, hours after President Biden announced his long-awaited student loan relief plan on Aug. 24, 2022. (Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times)

Schools will be letting out soon, or already have. Before long, it’ll be August, and classes will start at colleges and universities across the country. It’ll be time for the packing up of totes with clothes, computers and ideally, books. Young people will be thinking about life in the dorms, whether they will fit in with their peers, and maybe about what they will major in.

Picking a major can be somewhat problematic. Some students decide at the start of their academic pursuits and stay on the beam, while others will use their first two years to find the right degree program. I always thought that was best.

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