Some want to get rid of college majors – here's how that could go wrong
- Written by Matthew J. Mayhew, William Ray and Marie Adamson Flesher Professor of Educational Administration, The Ohio State University
Though criticized as outdated, college majors still serve a vital function, a scholar argues.Nerthus/www.shutterstock.com
Should college majors be a thing of the past?
That idea received a fresh airing when author Jeffrey Selingo suggested recently that it’s “time to end college majors as we know them.”
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