Hacking College: Why the Major Doesn’t Really Matter – And What Really Does

from Student Affairs NOW · host Keith Edwards

What if everything you've been told about picking the right college major is wrong? In Hacking College, Ned Scott Laff and Scott Carlson argue that the obsession with choosing the "right" major has left generations of students with what they call "empty college degrees." Find out how students can stop jumping hurdles and start hacking the college game. The post Hacking College: Why the Major Doesn’t Really Matter – And What Really Does appeared first on Student Affairs NOW.

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