I'd like to see the list of the 35 majors; many majors seem to be left out: Philosophy, Linguistics, Sociology, specific languages, fine art, dance, etc. What were the criteria
for selection? They had just two criteria for rank: salary and job outlook. The article itself mentioned other benefits to consider; think of the wonder setting that librarians/info professionals work in! Some iSchools would contend that they prepare information
systems professionals, which doesn't seem to be acknowledged in the article. Now if a librarian/info professional had written the article.....
Lesley Farmer
California State University Long Beach
Librarianship Program/ Dept. of ASEC
http://www.csulb.edu/lmt
And what do we have to counter arguments like this? No placement data.
charley
Charles A. Seavey, Professor
School of Library and Information Management
Emporia State University
1200 Commercial St.
Emporia KS, 66801
800-552-4770 (SLIM,) 620-341-5816 (direct)
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Ranganathan Said It All!