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    Don't study English Lit to acquire marketable skills

    by Rohan Maitzen, Los Angeles Times Oct 24, 2017 3 minutes

    There's a tendency among English professors to pitch and plead for our subject as, counterintuitively, a practical choice for the student of today facing the job market of tomorrow.

    We aren't wrong about that. Study after study backs us up, while at regular intervals yet another corporate CEO or Silicon Valley guru trumpets the value of a degree in English or Philosophy or Classics. English majors are making a perfectly pragmatic decision, one that will help them cultivate the "soft skills" employers want - critical thinking, communication, creative problem solving, collaboration - while

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