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ifferent university, she said.
While Lutes said she considers
his is a negative reason for the
rowth of liberal arts, she thinks it
I'ill work out in the long run.
“Liberal arts is a natural home for
Itudents who have been in other ma
jors because we have such a wide
ange of courses that meet our requi-
ements,” she said. “We’re interested
hat the students have a broad back-
round, not that they all have the
ime specific background.”
Lutes said, for example, that a stu
dent is more likely to transfer from
business to liberal arts than to engi
neering because he can apply most
)f his credits to his new degree plan.
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If he transferred to engineering, he
would have to go back to square one.
Most students who transfer into
the College of Liberal Arts come
from the business and engineering
colleges or general studies.
Sophomore Annette Smith said
she enrolled in the general studies
program because she wasn’t sure
what she wanted to do. She chose
A&M because of its academic repu
tation. After considering a major in
geology or journalism, this semester
she decided to major in English.
“I think that being able to write,
communicate and express yourself is
important,” she said. “Most jobs to
day are people oriented and, there
fore, being able to communicate well
with people is very important.”
Lutes said traffic is in the other di
rection also, with liberal arts majors
switching more to business or educa
tion, and with a few switching to sci
ence.
For example, sophomore finance
major Laura Willars transferred
from the journalism department.
She said one of her roommates was a
liberal arts major and had trouble
finding a job. Willars began to
worry.
“I just thought it would be easier
for me to get a job with a business
degree than with a liberal arts de
gree,” she said.
Dr. Vaughn Bryant, head of the
Department of Anthropology, said
liberal arts is growing because com
panies are beginning to hire liberal
arts majors for jobs traditionally
held by business majors. Liberal arts
majors tend to have an ability to
think of new and innovative ideas
and not just “number crunch,” he
said.
He said that in the late 70s and
early 80s business school enrollment
surged, but industry has found busi
ness majors stagnating. They can do
the problem solving, but they have
little creativity, he said. So, the com-
f >anies are switching back to hiring
iberal arts majors.
The American Can Co., for exam
ple, revised its college recruiting pol
icy in the late 70s after realizing its
senior officers came from a variety
of educational backgrounds that
were heavy in liberal arts, Judd H.
Alexander, senior vice president,
said in a Wall Street Journal article.
While continuing to recruit engi
neers, accountants and MBAs, the
company set up a small recruiting
program for high achievers from lib
eral arts.
Alexander said the performance
of these liberal arts graduates was
outstanding, particularly in unstruc
tured projects. One economics ma
jor, given the assignment of auditing
entry-level hiring practices, pro
duced an analysis expected to save
ic company $3
Judy Vulliet, assistant director for
the A&M placement center, said a
liberal arts major can sign up to in
terview for business, management or
marketing interviews if the student
has a related minor or work experi
ence.
Last year 40 different recruiting
organizations came to interview lib
eral arts majors and 21 came asking
for all majors. Some of those compa
nies were Republic Securities Corp.,
Procter & Gamble Co., Eckerd
Drugs, Frito-Lay and retail stores
such as K-Mart, Joskes and Dillards.
Many students say they chose a
liberal arts major because they re
ceive a well-rounded education.
Senior theater arts major Eliza
beth Arnett said, “I think my main
reason for being in a liberal arts ma
jor instead of a pre-professional one
is that you get a more rounded edu
cation. You get a taste of every
thing.”
, Dale Poage, a freshman English
major, said an English major can be
used for almost any job, while an
electrical engineering degree can ba
sically be used for just one.
“English has a lot broader base
than a lot of other fields,” Poage
said. “It has a lot more possibilities to
offer. I’m just now finding that out.”
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