{"id":397,"date":"2017-08-17T18:12:33","date_gmt":"2017-08-17T22:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/history\/?p=397"},"modified":"2025-05-22T07:17:23","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T11:17:23","slug":"history-news-summer-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/history\/2017\/08\/17\/history-news-summer-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"History News Summer 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #999999\">***<\/span><\/p>\n<p>History news from summer 2017:<\/p>\n<p>Why history is still such a useful major:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/opinion\/op-ed\/la-oe-grossman-history-major-in-decline-20160525-snap-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Los Angeles Times<\/a><\/em>: \u00a0History &#8220;teaches critical thinking, something America needs plenty more of. &#8230;\u00a0Employers interested in recruiting future managers should understand (and many do) that historical thinking prepares one for leadership because history is about change \u2014 envisioning it, planning for it, making it last. In an election season we are reminded regularly that success often goes to whoever can articulate the most compelling narrative. History majors learn to do that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/publications-and-directories\/perspectives-on-history\/april-2017\/history-is-not-a-useless-major-fighting-myths-with-data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">American Historical Association<\/a>: \u00a0&#8220;History Is Not a Useless Major: Fighting Myths with Data&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/why-history-will-repay-your-love-1495755666\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wall Street Journal<\/a><\/em>: \u00a0&#8220;Why History Will Repay Your Love&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And why studying the liberal arts gives you an edge, in the job market and beyond:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hbr.org\/2017\/07\/liberal-arts-in-the-data-age\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Harvard Business Review<\/em><\/a>: \u00a0&#8220;In\u00a0<span class=\"mediatitle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hmhco.com\/shop\/books\/The-Fuzzy-and-the-Techie\/9780544944770\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Fuzzy and the Techie<\/em>,<\/a><\/span>\u00a0venture capitalist Scott Hartley takes aim at the \u201cfalse dichotomy\u201d between the humanities and computer science. &#8230;\u00a0If we want to prepare students to solve large-scale human problems, Hartley argues, we must push them to widen, not narrow, their education and interests. He ticks off a long list of successful tech leaders who hold degrees in the humanities. To mention just a few CEOs: Stewart Butterfield, Slack, philosophy; Jack Ma, Alibaba, English; Susan Wojcicki, YouTube, history and literature; Brian Chesky, Airbnb, fine arts. Of course, we need technical experts, Hartley says, but we also need people who grasp the whys and hows of human behavior.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>History news from summer 2017: Why history is still such a useful major, and why studying the liberal arts gives you an edge, in the job market and beyond.<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><span><a class=\"more-link button text\" href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/history\/2017\/08\/17\/history-news-summer-2017\/\"><span>Continue Reading <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":800,"featured_media":398,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[35698,35701,35700,35702],"class_list":{"0":"post-397","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-history-news","8":"tag-history-news","9":"tag-what-history-teaches-you","10":"tag-what-you-can-do-with-a-history-degree","11":"tag-why-history-matters","12":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>History News Summer 2017 - History Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/history\/2017\/08\/17\/history-news-summer-2017\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"History News Summer 2017 - History Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"History news from summer 2017: Why history is still such a useful major, and why studying the liberal arts gives you an edge, in the job market and beyond.  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