Tagged: "major"
Summertime Activity: Career Exploration
Summer vacation is the perfect time to do a little career exploration. High school students who are looking ahead towards the college admissions process, should also start thinking about potential college majors. Looking into different career options is a great way to help narrow down your interests.
Great Information on Careers in Engineering
I recently came across this gold mine of information on careers in engineering. It has lots of cool stuff, including job listings, engineering news, and career advice. Check out ENGINEERING.com | The Engineer’s Ultimate Resource Tool. Mark Montgomery Educational Consultant
Want To Be An Architect? Study the Liberal Arts!
A client of mine is a budding architect. He is taking an independent study in architecture at his high school, and has become very enthusiastic about the possibility of turning his interest into a career. But he is unsure about what road to take as an undergraduate. Should he look for universities that offer a [...]
Major in Art, Fashion, Design and More at SCAD
One of the best parts of my job as an educational planner or educational consultant is that I have the opportunity to meet with representatives of colleges from all over the country. This morning I met with Tiffany Reissig, an admissions representative from the Savannah College of Art and Design. We had a great conversation, [...]
Choosing the Best Major for the 21st Century and the Quest for Relevance
The New York Times ran a story on Sunday entitled Making College “Relevant.” The thrust is that consumers of higher education (i.e., primarily parents, but also students) are demanding clear links between the education one purchases and the job one lands after graduation. In some ways this makes perfect sense: a college education is a [...]
What Is A "No-Frills" College Education? The Debate Goes On
An opinion piece in yesterday’s Inside Higher Ed, by Lee Burdette Williams and Elizabeth A. Beaulieu, does an outstanding job of explaining that calls for a “no-frills education” by the president of Southern New Hampshire University and the Pennsylvania State Board of Education–among others–do not actually pare down education to its essentials. Rather, the call [...]
Theater Majors, Conservatories, Auditions: Choosing a College or University Drama Program
If you aspire to be an actor, you need to consider the sorts of university programs that can train you to become a professional actor. There are many paths to becoming an actor (and not all of them lead through college, actually). You need to decide which path suits you best. At four-year colleges, your [...]
Choosing a Major, Choosing Career–Taking the Stress Out
Today a client and I had a long conversation about how to report her intended college major on her applications. She has been stressing out about it. She has many, many interests and an equal number of talents. And she just can’t decide what to be when she grows up. I told her to join [...]
Did You Know? Deciding on a College Major in 21st Century
A recent guest post by Alex Berger got some people talking about the importance of choosing a college major. Alex argued that what matters is training your brain and developing a passion. This video, which first hit YouTube a few years back after a classroom teacher in Colorado gathered some provocative statistics to show at [...]
Choosing a College Major in the 21st Century–A Recent Grad Tells His Story
Yesterday I explained that I started up a conversation about education in the 21st century with a Twitter friend, Alex Berger. The conversation began because we had both listened to a piece on NPR’s Talk of the Nation, in which guests debated the value of particular college majors. Alex wrote me an extended email [...]
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