The problem isn't education- it is the degree, imo. Yea, not a lot of demand for "creative wriyers", but that dude could get a job doing grant writing for larger companies or non profits- huge demand there.
"arts and humanities flounder" When did it flourish, lol. Most artists are starving most os the time.
It is a matter of matching skills to job demand to get them of the unemployment line. That is where tech schools come in- they provide the programs that locla businesses need. Our local college has waiting lists for some programs, and the jobs go unfilled, because no one applies that meets the skill requirements.
I could post dozens of job announcments that I've gotten in the last couple weeks.
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