Once the direct-career survey becomes the governing question, history and humanities can appear less valuable than STEM. The policy response then looks straightforward: de-emphasise those degrees and promote subjects that score better. The problem is that the simple survey result turns into an equally simple policy answer. In this account, modern politics favours quick and clear answers even when the underlying problem is more complicated than the chosen metric allows.
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A simple metric produces a STEM-first policy answer
A narrow employment measure can make history and humanities appear less valuable, leading governments to promote STEM as a simple answer to a complicated problem.