TUCSON, Ariz. — Olivia Howe was hesitant at first to add French to her major in finance at the University of Arizona, fearing that it wouldn’t be very useful in the labor market. Then her language ...

I was happy to see Patricia Nelson Limerick’s lively account of the rewards of engaging in “applied” humanities work (“Tales of Western Adventure,” Careers, May 9). Her work at the Center of the ...