Incorrect data in press release claimed 40% of humanities graduates out of full-time work after three yearsDan Tehan has been forced to correct statistics on employment outcomes for humanities graduates that falsely implied their employment rates are far below science graduates. The release correctly cited the three-year outcomes for degrees with the highest full-time employment rates: dentistry (98.3%), medicine (97.3%), engineering (95.4%) and teaching (93.8%). Tehan told Guardian Australia: “The error was made by my senior media adviser in preparing the media release. The data in the online report was correct.”The online version of the media release has removed the incorrect figures but did not disclose the earlier error nor quote the correct three-year humanities employment rates. The incoming president of the Australasian Council of Deans of Arts and Social Sciences, Catharine Coleborne, said she was concerned by the “sloppy or mischievous” error.

Source: The Guardian August 31, 2020 02:42 UTC