[EDLING:369] French literature pays price as the language of money lures students

[Francis M. Hult]

Times Online

French literature pays price as the language of money lures students

France’s cultural heritage is in peril because students are shunning literature 
in favour of more practical courses that they believe will help them to secure 
well-paid jobs, the Education Minister said. 

Xavier Darcos said that France was in danger of becoming a nation of unemployed 
sociologists unable to master speech or thought. Latest figures show that fewer 
than 20 per cent of students chose literature, compared with 50 per cent a 
generation ago. 

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