Headhunters wanted to talk to business and economics majors, or techno-wonks from applied sciences departments. Not the flavor of the day. In the super-tight job market of today's expanding economy, even firms on the cutting edges of technology cannot sign up enough computer science or electrical engineering or business majors to meet their needs. As a result, more and more businesses have broadened their recruiting efforts to include once-shunned liberal arts students.
Latin majors are hot.
Career placement advisors are thrilled. When Arthur Andersen, the consulting firm, took 15 graduates from UVA's College of Arts and Sciences this year, for example, there were economics and science majors among them, as well as students from art history, government and foreign relations. To the surprise of some, such graduates are proving successful. Our kids are trainable. Eleisha Abrams, for instance, graduated from Ursinus College, a small liberal arts school in Collegeville, Pa., near Philadelphia, last May with a major in politics.