When I decided to quit my job as a wedding photographer, I was in my late twenties, fresh from my divorce from Bob who had left me empty and confused. I decided to leave the US and travel. I had no savings, plus more than $5,000 in debt. What I did have were two sponsored tasks as a travel photographer—and with that along, I thought, it would be easy.

My first experience was a road trip from Toronto to Las Vegas, paid for by a car delivery service. Other trips followed and then I started a travel blog (博客). It was intended to be my calling card for assignment travel photography. Yet even with my blog and past experience, email after email I sent to publications, trying to get work, went unanswered. When they did get in touch, editors told me that I had no chance of making a career with travel photography. While I struggled to get on the path that I wanted, and as I expanded my blog to help get me there, I found myself wearing the hat of a full­time blogger.

Luckily, I got in at the right time. It was 2010, and the travel industry was just starting to turn its attention to bloggers. As I never could have predicted, my blogging—not my photography—did take me around the world successfully. At first, I thought it was for personal reasons, but I realized later that it was for free marketing for my blogging.

Within two years, I was being asked to speak at travel blogging conferences, which helped me to raise a network of friends around the world. Even more meaningful, however, was when I saw that my travels were also helping other people. My blog and social media followers saw that I chased my dreams and told me over and over again how they needed that kind of example, which was absent in their lives elsewhere.

Is there clear boundary between science and the liberal arts as a major for college students? The question of whether our government should promote science and technology or the liberal arts in higher education is not an either/ or proposition(命题)，although the current emphasis on preparing young Americans for STEM (science, technology, engineering, maths)-related fields can make it seem that way.

The latest congressional report acknowledges the critical importance of technical training, but also stresses that the study of the humanities and social sciences must remain central elements of American’s educational system at all levels. Both are critical to producing citizens who can participate effectively in our democratic society, become innovative leaders, and benefit from the spiritual enrichment that the reflection on the great ideas of mankind over time provides.

Parents and students who have invested heavily in higher education worry about graduates’ job prospects(前景) as technological advances and changes in domestic and global markets transform professions in ways that reduce wages and cut jobs. Under this circumstances, it’s natural to look for what may appear to be the most “practical” way out of the problem. “Major in a subject designed to get you a job” seems the obvious answer to some, though this ignores the fact that many disciplines in the humanities characterized as “soft” often, in fact, lead to employment and success in the long run. Indeed, according to surveys, employers have expressed a preference for students who have received a broadly-based education that has taught them to write well, think critically, research creatively, and communicate easily.

Moreover, students should be prepared not just for their first job, but for their fourth and fifth jobs, as there is little reason to doubt that people entering the workforce today will be called upon to play many different roles over the course of their careers. The ones who will do the best in this new environment will be those whose educations have prepared them to be flexible. The ability to draw upon every available tool and insight-picked up from science, arts, and technology- to solve the problems of the future, and take advantage of the opportunities that present themselves, will be helpful to them and the United States.

Sunstone Eduversity, founded in 2014 in India, is an educational institution that aims at creating industry ready professionals with unique educational methods and technology-enabled education delivery.

Pune is the seventh most populous (人口稠密的) city in India and the second-largest city in the state of Maharashtra. Sunstone Eduversity enters Pune’s education landscape with the launch (推出) of a new campus in partnership with Aditya Group of Colleges. It will be offering PAP (Pay After Placement) & MBG (Money Back Guarantee) MBA Programs. The expansion in Pune comes as the first step towards making a larger footprint in the state of Maharashtra, owing to the huge inbound (入境的) demand for higher education witnessed in this region.

With the clear vision of readjusting MBA programs to match the expectations of the new-age employers, Sunstone Eduversity equips its students with the best management education, making students industry-ready and highly employable. Its management programs offer students modern skill sets, digital readiness, hands-on learning, adaptability and domain-specific learning.

In addition to providing students with its unique Pay After Placement model, Sunstone takes full responsibility for their careers, helping them get rid of any financial pressure that higher education tends to put on them and their families. Its new payment structure allows students to become financially independent, where they can pay for the course fee with the money earned in the post-placement period.

Sunstone offers India’s only PAP management degree programs in partnership with several colleges and private universities across the country. It works closely with a host of companies and actively seeks participation from business leaders in designing the courses. Its industry-centric courses coupled with double specializations ensure that the students have skill sets that satisfy the requirements of recruiters (招聘人员) across industries. Sunstone also works very closely with companies across BFSI, Logistics, Sales Management, Digital Marketing and others, to develop industry-ready specializations in the fields discussed above.

Owing to its Pay After Placement model and a great placement record, Sunstone has placed 175 students out of 252 in 2021, in excellent companies, such as Byju’s, Amazon, Flipkart, Reliance, Zomato, and Paytm.