Humanities as a foundation for careers

"The central message must be that thriving long-term in the job market depends on developing 'qualities of mind: inquisitiveness, perceptiveness, the ability to put a received idea to a new purpose, and the ability to share and build ideas with a diverse world of others.'”
Read more: http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/06/19/new-academy-arts-and-sciences-report-stresses-importance-humanities-and-social#ixzz2Wegqf8sE

This statement from the American Academy of Arts & Sciences Commission on the Humanities and Social Sciences reasserts the importance of the humanities and liberal arts at a time when learning in the STEM subjects and preparation for careers has reached a fever pitch.  The point is, enhancing learning in STEM and the humanities has to be a both/and conversation.  While this report focused on U.S.A. education, internatinoal educators are remiss to not consider the topic as well.