Since we’re close to graduation again, I thought I’d write down a few thoughts about what faculty advising can and should do, and what it cannot do. Faculty advising should. . . Listen to the student’s own long and short … Continue reading Understanding Advising
Nate Silver’s post on increasingly career-centered college majors makes a lot of sense: he defines the trend as a function of that many more people going to college now. I’d only take issue with his conclusion about being wary about becoming an English major. He has a point there too, but English majors score the highest on the analytical portion of the GRE historically (even higher than Physics majors), and have a mid-career income slightly higher than those with a B.A. in Business. That’s not to say he doesn’t have a point about English majors at all, though. My advice: … Continue reading FiveThirtyEight | As More Attend College, Majors Become More Career-Focused
