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Author Stross, Randall E., author.

Title A practical education : why liberal arts majors make great employees / Randall Stross.

Publisher Stanford, Calif. : Redwood Press, ©2017.

ISBN 9780804797481 (cloth) (alkaline paper)
080479748X (cloth) (alkaline paper)



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Description viii, 291 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary A Practical Education investigates the real-world experiences of graduates with humanities majors, the majors that would seem the least employable in Silicon Valley's engineering-centric workplaces.
Contents The major decision -- The new education -- Naturally curious -- Proper proportion -- A foot in the door -- Engineering success -- The different perspective -- A general understanding -- Underrepresented -- Normal -- Interesting things happen -- A mania for testing -- The strength of weak ties -- The shiny new thing -- First gen -- The art of living -- Bilingual -- A history of the future -- Do-over -- Liberal education is vocational.
Subject Stanford University -- Alumni and alumnae -- Employment.
Subject(S) Education, Humanistic.
College graduates -- Employment.
Employee selection.
College majors.
ISBN 9780804797481 (cloth) (alkaline paper)
080479748X (cloth) (alkaline paper)