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Why be an English major?

I'm Barbara Bogave sitting in for Warren Olney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International.

A daily look at the issues Americans care about most.

Only about 7% of all college students major in subjects like English, music, or art.

Are we raising a generation of Americans that doesn't know enough about the humanities?

The cost of college and concerns about employment are funneling more students into business and technology degrees,

but at what price to American culture? We ask, what's college for anyway? That's coming up.

Also, on today's talking point, the daddy track. More men are taking paternity leave. While it's

great for the whole family, it turns out to have far-reaching benefits for women. First, this news.

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Public Radio International Program Fund. We're back with To The Point I Barbara Bow gave in for Warren only.

Just ahead, half as many college students major in the humanities as did 50 years ago. Is this

cause for concern? What's college for? Anyway,

that's coming up later in the show. Also, on today's talking point, paternity leave. More men on the job

are taking advantage of family leave policies, and it turns out that the time off for men can have

long-term benefits for women, including helping to close the gender pay gap and shatter the glass

ceiling. First, this news update. A federal court in New York has ruled today that the national

security agency's bulk collection of Americans' telephone records is constitutional. That's just a few

weeks after another federal judge ruled it isn't. District Court Judge William Pauley argues

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