Paul Hogan
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Pete Buttigieg would be a good one !
How do you know what majors will be popular 10 years from now?
Yes but having majors and minors with very few students in them costs the university more in professors salaries, opportunity cost in various office and classroom spaces on campus, and eventual alumni donations than they will ultimately receive in tuition from the students that choose to major in those fields (compared to those in more popular/lucrative fields). College is a business and the finances of this university are not limitless. Bolstering some of the great and popular tracks and programs to make them truly world class would help the university raise its popularity and status against our peer institutions far more than keeping/expanding with more good-to-mediocre programs.
The admissions director Martha Allman is not racist. That’s just bullshit. She was the KA sweetheart in 1978 and was in a photo with them on the steps behind Davis House. The confederate flag was included because Robert E Lee founded the KA fraternity. WF students need to get over that.
Pete Buttigieg would be a good one !
College shouldn’t prepare you to do a job the previous generations say is important enough to pay someone to do.
College, especially elite four year institutions, should prepare people to understand the world they live in so they can figure out how to carve out a living for themselves by making the world better.
my dad talks of being blown away by the ongoing relevance of the Confederacy and the KA quad cosplay at Wake in the early 80s
College shouldn’t prepare you to do a job the previous generations say is important enough to pay someone to do.
College, especially elite four year institutions, should prepare people to understand the world they live in so they can figure out how to carve out a living for themselves by making the world better.
I've always thought of college as a place that should prepare you for a job. So for me, it's not about what majors are popular. I have trouble envisioning how many of these majors help you prepare for jobs, unless you want REALLY specific jobs. It would be really interesting to see the stats / percentages on how many Wake grads are using their major in their current jobs.