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 term goals, and/or ask leading questions to help the student figure them out. Recommend aContinue reading “Understanding Advising”
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FiveThirtyEight | As More Attend College, Majors Become More Career-Focused
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 theContinue reading “FiveThirtyEight | As More Attend College, Majors Become More Career-Focused”
The Philosophy of Contemporary Song 