
Does Your College Major Really Matter?
A friend and I have long debated the purpose of college. I’ve always believed in the universal value of a liberal arts degree. I prefer the idea of a classical education that helps us understand humanity and teaches us how to think. My friend, on the other hand, attended college with the purpose of getting a practical degree that she knew would make her marketable immediately upon graduation for a job. She became an engineer and ha s been steadily employed since even before s