by his own six living children. his 28 grandchildren and 38 great-grandchildren. he s self taught with no formal religious training. and even his family thinks this is a sham. so he made $80 million with no formal education, having a lot of kids. he is a genius. so don t go to college, basically. don t go to school. the idea of the rapture is the new way forward. it s a new liberal arts degree, i think. there are signs of the rapture. sean penn dating scarlett johannson. no strings attached, the new movie. i don t know. any more? that s it? bridesmaids didn t get good reviews. greg: that s a sham. 1994, newt gingrich back in the news, that s a sign of the apocalypse. that s not a coincidence. that s not human! he is a harbinger of things to
to some extent, there has been a movement towards more specific technical degrees that has been true for a number of years. there really hasn t been a tremendous influx into those areas, however. from the rliberal arts degree represent 45% of the total degrees delivered at the end of the bachelor s degree period. is that hasn t changed much since 1970s. is it because people can t figure out what they want to do? not just that they can t figure out what they want to do but the liberal arts degree offers advantages in terms of being flexible, once they get out of college. and the course work, particul particularly appeals to some students. as a liberal arts graduate, i have no complaints about my education. it s a fascinating study. thank you, edwin koch. cleveland fans, back to the drawing board for the browns. eric mangini, fired by browns
. and hello again, everyone, i m tony harris. top of the hour in the cnn newsroom, where anything can happen. at this hour, president obama heading to a swing state to talk about his election season plans to pump up the economy. we will outline his proposal. just don t call them a stimulus. the cost of a liberal arts degree can cost as much as an average american home. one college is giving thousands of students the dream of a lifetime. a free education. i feel like for me, this is an opportunity that i have to take and i have to do well with. okay. and you re online right now, we are, too. in fess ferre is back, following what s hot. ines? tone knee, you remember captain kirk. william shatner is saying he never thought star trek would be such a huge hit when it started. and also this weekend, dragon con, the pictures online still hot and trending. . we had some fun with that.
arizona, so that officially makes you an expert. what is your prediction? how is this whole thing going to play out? i have heard 50 different legal versions and i can t see you today. i am missing everything like the inner species love. i feel like asking you all what you are wearing, but that would be creepy. i don t know how it is going to play out legally. i think if the judge does rule against arizona i think arizona should start talking about saw seeding from the union and becoming its own country, and then i will return in triumph as the native son, benevolent dictator-type guy which is what i went to college for in the first place. an amazing major. yes, it is amazing. i think that s a liberal arts degree. matt, where do you stand in all this? i have to tell you, this is a law already, a federal law. they are i can making a big deal out of something that is already a law. how can you say we won t enforce a law that is a law? and that s it.
mind mama don t let your babies grow up to be cowboys but insert liberal arts majors. some of these pay less than the median american salary. the highest paid english majors, if you re curious, english majors out there, they tend to be technical writers. they do much better than average. political scientists, the political scientists that are paid the best tend to be intelligence analysts. come on, i m not saying dump the liberal arts degree. a broad liberal arts education is important. everyone needs to know a little bit of everything. but just in terms of the degree that you come up with, engineering, math, numbers, that seems to be the thing that s paying off for people right about now. and also one last point. yeah. 4.9% unemployment for people with an undergraduate degree. 4.9%. here we are agonizing over 10% unemployment in this country. even though we don t know how we ll pay for it, it is expensive, there is a buffer from that college degree. if you have a college degre