What Can You Do with an English Major?.

Beidler, Peter G.

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ERIC Number: EJ311486

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Publication Date: 1985

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What Can You Do with an English Major?

Beidler, Peter G.

College English, v47 n1 p39-42 Jan 1985

Reviews the responses from a survey of all former Lehigh University (Pennsylvania) English department majors for the period 1962-1982. Data on graduates' current occupations indicate that a major in English is more often a preprofessional degree than a professional one. (RBW)

Descriptors: Attitudes, Education Work Relationship, Educational Environment, Educational Research, Employment Qualifications, English Departments, Graduate Surveys, Higher Education, Job Skills, Life Satisfaction, Majors (Students), Vocational Followup

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