Students are bombarded with an array of competing opportunities during college, all with the promise that each will lead to a better job or higher earnings upon entering the “real world.” One such option is the double major, in which a student earns two bachelor degrees at once, sometimes in entirely different disciplines. But will […]
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The unemployment rate has plunged to about the lowest level in half a century. Yet at least one group of Americans is being left behind: men who didn’t go to college. Just 78 percent of men aged 25-54 who never went to college were employed in 2016, the latest year for which data are available in the American
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Should college majors be a thing of the past? That idea received a fresh airing when author Jeffrey Selingo suggested that it’s “time to end college majors as we know them.” As a researcher who studies higher education, I concede that something about the way colleges and universities educate students in the United States needs to
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Published: June 26, 2024 2.17pm SAST The idea that a college degree levels the playing field for students of different socioeconomic classes has been bolstered in recent years. Research from 2011 and 2017, for example, found that earning a bachelor’s degree helped students from less advantaged backgrounds do as well as their better-off peers._ Jessi Streib, a sociology
Pursuing higher education is a significant investment, and for many students, financial aid is essential to making college affordable. Understanding the various types of financial aid available and how to apply for them can greatly alleviate the financial burden of tuition, fees, and other college-related expenses. This article provides a comprehensive overview of financial aid
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In the mid-1990s, technology-driven economic growth induced a strong demand for science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM, skills. This development came at the expense of humanities and liberal arts. More people, especially women, enrolled in STEM fields rather than humanities and liberal arts studies. Students often falsely assumed that a humanities or liberal arts degree has far less employment potential than one
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Hi, I’m Sabina Iminova, a 22-year-old barista from Russia dreaming of becoming a Medical Lab Scientist. I am currently pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Health Sciences at the University of the People, an online university in the USA. From next year, I will start a second Bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Engineering in Austria, and I hope to be
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