阅读理解
On21st-centurycampusesisthereroomstillfortraditionalliteraturesuchasShake-speare?
AdecliningnumberofstudentsthinkSOintheUS－atrendthatworriesleadersatmanytopuniversitieswhereengineersoftenoutnumberhumanity(人文学科)students．
Seekingtostimulateinterestintheliberalarts．StanfordUniversitylastmonthheldanactivitywhichwasdesignedtoinspirefreshmendreamsbeyondcooljobssuchasworkingatGoogle．
The1718incomingstudents-nearlyhalfofwhomarriveintendingtomajorinthesciencesorengineering－listenedtoalectureorganizedbytheCollegeofHumanitiesandArts．
“We'retryingtobreaktheideathatcollegeisjustsomethingtogetthroughonyourwaytoacareer”saidDebraSatzassociatedeanforHumanitiesandArts．
Inthemid-60smorethan1in3Stanfordstudentsmajoredinlanguagesliteraturetheartshistoryandculturalstudies．By1995onlyaboutlin10did-afigurethathash'tchangedmuchinadecade．Meanwhileinterestinengineeringmathandcomputersciencehasclimbed．
GeoffreyHarphamdirectoroftheNationalHumanitiesCentersaidthehumanitiesmustbereinvigorated(复兴)andayevitaltotheUS'future．
ButforstudentsintheGreatRecession(经济大萧条)thesirensong(诱惑)ofsciencecanbetoughtoresist．Economicanxietyiswell-groundedaccordingtoanarialysisshowingthattheearningsofworkerswhomajoredinengineeringwereupto50．percenthigherthantheearningsofthosewhomajoredinthehumanities．
“Shakespearewasn'tinthehumanitiesforthemoney．Ifyou'reallaboutthemoney．youwouldn'tgothere”Satzsaid．Butsheadded“humanitiesstudentswholahdjobsintech－intensivefieldsdo．justfine．”
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