Increasingly, college campuses have transformed from places of rigorous scholarly pursuits into glorified centers for job training. But is this what college is really for? Host John Fea and producer Drew Dyrli Hermeling sit down and discuss the need for...
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The Problem With Majoring in Business
To be fair, Chris Gehrz‘s post at The Pietist Schoolman is actually titled “The (Potential) Problems with Majoring in Business.” Gerhz responds to a Chronicle of Higher Education list of the most popular majors at the nation’s 40 largest public universities. As...
Mark Cuban: Don't Go to College to Study Business. Study the Humanities
From Business Insider: Billionaire investor Mark Cuban offered a perhaps bleak prediction on the future of jobs in an interview Friday with Bloomberg’s Cory Johnson at the NBA All-Star Technology Summit in New Orleans. Discussing the swiftly evolving nature of jobs...
My Daughter Will Not Be Picking a Major This Year
As regular readers of The Way of Improvement Leads Home know, my oldest daughter will be starting college classes next week. She has yet to pick a major. In fact, we advised her not to pick a major for some...
In Search of the Humanities
Today Inside Higher Ed is running a piece I wrote about my daughter’s college visits and her search for a school with a liberal arts and humanities ethos. Here is a taste: For the last several years, I have been arguing...
History Majors Usually Don’t Marry History Majors
If I am reading this Washington Post article correctly, only 7% of history majors marry another history major. This pales in comparison to theology and ministry majors. 21% of majors in these fields marry one of their fellow-majors. I am not...
Does the College Major Matter?
“Not really,” says Jeffrey L. Selingo, editor at large for The Chronicle of Higher Education. Selingo argues that the major does not really matter, as long as the student finds it interesting. Here is a taste:These are many of the […]