[Almondsetat]

I mean, what credentials does a humanities graduate actually have? Who would need such knowledge in any job except for a humanities job itself?

[HDThoreaun]

The credential is that they were able to pass their classes, hopefully with good grades. Many employers want to know that you are the type of person who succeeds, not that you know some specific thing. University has basically taken the place of apprenticeships because employers don't want to train incompetent people, so they make you show competence with a degree.

[theodric]

Indeed, nobody takes us seriously regardless of what the paperwork says