The Truth About When and Why a College Major Matters with Jeff Selingo
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ม.ค. 2025
- Join NYT Bestselling Author, Jeff Selingo, and special guest, Matt Sigelman, President, The Burning Glass Institute, as they discuss the importance of a college major.
Picking a college major can be stressful. Often the concern is how much a student’s major impacts their getting hired after graduation, and their salary potential.The reality is that getting a good job is about more than your student’s choice of major-it’s also about skills. Whether you have a high school or college student, don’t miss this informative session where you’ll learn:
-how a major can help your student get into a school
-how a school and major impact the value of a college degree
-tips for choosing a major
-what skills matter most and how to get them
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This is a really strong conversation. I wasn't a great engineering student but having a relatively strong set of quant skills combined with a strong liberal arts degree has been a really strong career base.
We agree - quant skills, soft skills, and learnings from a liberal arts education create a very strong educational base.
I was an English major and my husband at an average state university. And both of us are well into high 6 figures now. So don’t give up on humanities. !!!
We agree!! Humanities are so important. The best approach for those interested in humanities is to also build some "in-demand" skills (analytics, project management, etc. that were talked about in the recording) to complement and humanities skills.
Agree. It really bothers me how high schools are so heavily focused on science and engineering. Humanities matter too.
Absolutely!
I really don’t understand this idea that only science has a high ROI. Poli Sci and international studies major - lawyer now. Learning how to write well and think about text also can have a high ROI.
This video keeps talking about salaries beginning to even out after the first 10 years - as if all's well that ends well. But - the first 10 years are the years for most people that determine how many hours they are able to spend with young children. And - there's no assertion that the losses from those first 10 years are ever recouped. To me, the first 10 years are vital to a young person's well-being.
If a student doesn't have a major in mind, then go to community college until they figure that out. Show me an Engineering Student who attends Harvard, and I will show you a fool.
I totally agree with both of your comments / observations. However, I am interested in you further elaborating on your second point. Why do you think that a Harvard engineering student is a fool? I am curious to know...... Thanks in advance!!!
@@ShyamKumar-zb2mw The University of Ohio, University of Maryland, Urbana-Champaign, Caltech, Purdue, Georgia Tech, Virginia Tech, Northwestern, and many others are better engineering colleges than Harvard.
If prestige is important, Duke, MIT, Melon, Stanford, Cornell, Princeton, and Hopkins are superior engineering schools to Harvard. But may not be as good as the previously mentioned. It is akin to going to MIT to study journalism.
@@harrychu650 - Very, very thoughtful and very well said, my man. You will not get any arguments from me on what you have said. I see Berkeley, UCLA, UMich, UWisconsin, UT - A and a couple more UCs - like Davis - missing from the names of Univs you have mentioned. Wonder if that was an oversight - or if it were deliberate. Thanks again for your response. Much appreciated. 🙏