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Get Schooled: To be or not to be a drama major in this economy: Chancellor and drama major disagree

 By Maureen Downey

Georgia higher education Chancellor Hank Huckaby recently gave a speech in Athens about the problems filling jobs in Georgia. According to the Athens Banner-Herald, Huckaby said large numbers of jobs are going unfilled “because students are studying the wrong things. If you can’t get a job, and you majored in drama, there’s probably a reason."

The drama remark led to this blog posting from 2004 University of Georgia drama graduate Emily Paige Ballouwho works in theater in New York.  I am sharing her blog post today with her permission. You can read more of her blog here.

So the chancellor of the University System of Georgia Hank Huckaby caused a slight kerfuffle among my alumni community this past week when he said, in reference to the fact that apparently large numbers of jobs in Georgia are going unfilled, that “students are studying the wrong things,” and that “If you can’t get a job, and you majored in