One factor that always gets ignored in these debates about education and training is the number of available jobs in different categories. In the late 1980s, for example, trades, primary industry jobs, and manufacturing jobs accounted for about 30% of all jobs. This year, that figure is down to 23%. Moreover, these tend to be the jobs that are more affected by economic downturns, perhaps especially in places with increasingly limited union protections (e.g., USA?), and in some cases by off-shoring the work. And who knows what will happen in the future with robotics, 3-D printing, and other technical advances.
This is not to say that students and professors don’t need to consider thoughtfully future career options (e.g., marketing self after graduation, employment opportunities) and diverse sources of satisfaction besides salary. But at least by some metrics the economic benefit of degrees has increased rather than decreased over time. Take care Jim Jim Clark Professor & Chair of Psychology University of Winnipeg 204-786-9757 Room 4L41A (4th Floor Lockhart) www.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark<http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark> From: Jim Matiya [mailto:jmat...@hotmail.com] Sent: October-25-15 7:07 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Jeb Bush: Psych majors work at Chick-fil-A | Washington Examiner Just so you know....the governor's daughter has a degree in anthropology. jim ex FGCU Ft. Myers, Florida Sent from my iPad On Oct 25, 2015, at 12:06 AM, Christopher Green <chri...@yorku.ca<mailto:chri...@yorku.ca>> wrote: Jeb! takes aim at psychology majors. Well, at least we came after the current Florida governor went after anthropology students, and Obama dissed art historians. Jeb Bush: Psych majors work at Chick-fil-A | Washington Examiner<http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/jeb-bush-psych-majors-work-at-chick-fil-a/article/2574851> Chris ....... Christopher D Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 43.773759, -79.503722 chri...@yorku.ca<mailto:chri...@yorku.ca> http://www.yorku.ca/christo --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: jmat...@hotmail.com<mailto:jmat...@hotmail.com>. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13283.28aec02f231f4c4baa9a4a58ae139710&n=T&l=tips&o=47132 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-47132-13283.28aec02f231f4c4baa9a4a58ae139...@fsulist.frostburg.edu<mailto:leave-47132-13283.28aec02f231f4c4baa9a4a58ae139...@fsulist.frostburg.edu> --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca<mailto:j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca>. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13251.645f86b5cec4da0a56ffea7a891720c9&n=T&l=tips&o=47143 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-47143-13251.645f86b5cec4da0a56ffea7a89172...@fsulist.frostburg.edu<mailto:leave-47143-13251.645f86b5cec4da0a56ffea7a89172...@fsulist.frostburg.edu> --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=47145 or send a blank email to leave-47145-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
