{"id":98960,"date":"2026-07-29T14:58:39","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T18:58:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=98960"},"modified":"2026-07-29T15:02:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T19:02:18","slug":"why-engineering-is-no-longer-a-sure-thing-college-major-when-it-comes-to-jobs-connley-hampton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2026\/07\/29\/why-engineering-is-no-longer-a-sure-thing-college-major-when-it-comes-to-jobs-connley-hampton\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Engineering Is No Longer A Sure Thing College Major When It Comes To Jobs [Connley-Hampton]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/courtney-connley-hampton\/2026\/07\/25\/why-engineering-is-no-longer-a-sure-thing-college-major-when-it-comes-to-jobs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Why Engineering Is No Longer A Sure Thing College Major When It Comes To Jobs<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from forbes.com by Courtney Connley-Hampton; <em><span style=\"color: #800000;\">this article is behind a paywall<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em>Exclusive LinkedIn data shows engineering majors have been hit hard in today\u2019s weak, AI-affected job market. Here\u2019s what specialties are hurting and what top schools are doing to respond.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">While lots of recent college graduates are being battered by a weak hiring market, perhaps no group is more shocked by their current plight than those who majored in engineering, long considered among the safest, most secure, and highest-paying majors. Yes, engineering grads still make more than education and English majors.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>Also relevant\/see:<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Embedded post\" src=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/embed\/feed\/update\/urn:li:share:7484217384182996992\" width=\"504\" height=\"1320\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/chrismayer01_highereducation-futureofemployability-studentsuccess-activity-7487122052848508928-LDMq?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=member_desktop&amp;rcm=ACoAAAHSQ2kBfElT_TLATvS_bcdFygMCtJ8a8Iw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chris Mayer&#8217;s posting on LinkedIn.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why Engineering Is No Longer A Sure Thing College Major When It Comes To Jobs &#8212; from forbes.com by Courtney Connley-Hampton; this article is behind a paywall Exclusive LinkedIn data shows engineering majors have been hit hard in today\u2019s weak, AI-affected job market. Here\u2019s what specialties are hurting and what top schools are doing to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[174,86,115,302,45,112,82,71,3,204,66,321,214,299],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-career-development","category-change","category-colleges","category-community-colleges","category-computer-science","category-corporate-business-world","category-engineering","category-faculty-staff","category-higher-education","category-programming","category-student-related","category-united-states","category-universities","category-workplace"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98960"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98960\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":98965,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98960\/revisions\/98965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}