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Monday, March 31, 2014

Best College Majors – For Obtaining Jobs


Best College Majors – For Obtaining Jobs
http://education.yahoo.net/articles/best_degrees_for_job_offers.htm

UPDATE:
The value of college education (interesting graphic included in the article):
http://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21600131-too-many-degrees-are-waste-money-return-higher-education-would-be-much-better


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A fascinating tidbit from a NYTIMES op-ed on the race to get into elite colleges:
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A friend of mine in Africa told me recently about a center for orphans there that a rich American couple financed in part to give their own teenage children an exotic charity to visit occasionally and mine for college-application essays: admissions bait. That’s the degree of cunning that comes into this frenzy.”