about how they do it or they study with no real thought to the future. I think that's unwise and potentially debilitating. if you are going to study anything from history to poli sci, you have to do it with strategies in mind that will allow you to still be a viable job candidate when you graduate, and there are certainly ways to do that. the problem with these "wanderer" types is that there ARE jobs out there for them, a lot of them just aren't willing to do those jobs, even though they could lead to decent careers, from a financial point of view. there are plenty of opportunities for these people to take entry level business jobs (my brother, for example, started out as an account manager, which doesn't require anything more than being smart, competent, and good with people) and made it work from there. but too many people in all fields aren't willing to do this. the problem, then, is not so much the degree as the people getting the degree who have declined to combine that degree with practical experience or a practical outlook.

the other problem is the universities themselves that pay no mind to what these students are going to do with their lives once they graduate as long as they pay their tuition. they could make these history majors into decent job prospects, but they don't care.