Skills & Strengths of a Liberal Arts Major
People who speak multiple languages make the best employees for one big reason
Don’t go to school for finance — liberal arts is the future
Why Liberal Arts Majors often Make the Best Techies
STEM is Missing an Important Subject: Languages
We need more STEM Majors with Liberal Arts Training
With some Specific Skills, Liberal Arts Majors have Plenty of Job Prospects
Major in the Humanities for a Good Job – and for a Good Life
Benefits of Multilingualism
For a Better Brain, Learn a Foreign Language
Improved Health, Memory, Decision-making, and Perception
Bilinguals are More Attractive
Benefits of Language Learning
Language learning supports academic achievement
Language learning provides cognitive benefits to students
Language learning affects attitudes and beliefs about language and culture
Language Study as a National Imperative
Some Facts & Figures about Italian
- An estimated 7,000 US companies do business in Italy, while more than 1,000 have offices in Italy: Cisco, Eli Lilly, Microsoft, Mars, Tetra Pak, PepsiCo, City Bank, Fedex, S.C. Johnson, Kraft, Unilever, McDonalds, Kellog, and many more
- There are roughly 30 Italian companies currently doing business in Wisconsin
- Italian is the fourth most-studied foreign language in the world
- Italy is the third largest economy in the eurozone