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It's immensely sad that the data is being spun this way. It's almost as if, the powers that be want to discourage people from creative, free-thinking, liberal fields.




But going back to some of my previous posts:
Look at it this way: Colleges have failed to prepare these students to fully succeed and reach their full potential.
It doesn't mean that Art is not worth learning about.... or it's not worth it to make Art.
Instead of investing tens of thousands of dollars in a "useless" degree, spend a few hundred dollars on classes at your local center.
Get a library card, check out books and videos on art. Watch youtube videos. Follow art blogs.
Go to galleries and museums.
And most importantly, make art. Every. Day. Make something. MAke time to make something. Make space to make something. Make Art.



As the authors of Art & Fear,  David Bayles and Ted Orland point out:
"At the University level, time is spent on learning craft, art history and contemporary trends, with the occasional class touching on critical issues. In the rarefied world of academia, a symbiotic relationship forms wherein a student’s tuition money pays for a teacher’s tenure, ensuring that the acolyte will never be deemed anything less than promising. There is little time left over to figure out the nuts and bolts of HOW TO ACTUALLY SURVIVE and mature as a working artist." 
(Emphasis by me.)